2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Madison, WI
Madison, WI metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Madison, WI?
$12,900 – $23,600
Typical $18,200 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $509 per square (100 sq ft of roof) installed, above the US typical of $500.
How we got this number
An architectural shingle roof in the Madison, WI metro costs $408 to $610 per square installed (typical $509) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +1.9% against the Wisconsin figure of $500 and +1.8% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 84 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $28.73/hour (median $29.24, about 270 employed), BLS May 2025. The whole-roof range is for a 2,000 sq ft single-story home (6/12 pitch, one layer torn off, permit and dumpster included). Full methodology.
All materials in Madison, WI
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $408 | $509 | $610 |
| 3-tab shingles | $286 | $362 | $438 |
| Standing seam metal | $914 | $1,268 | $1,622 |
| Metal panel | $511 | $917 | $1,322 |
| Tile | $714 | $1,831 | $2,947 |
| Slate | $1,011 | $2,025 | $3,039 |
| Flat membrane | $256 | $484 | $713 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Madison, WI" (area code 31540). State rank for Wisconsin: 19 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Madison
Housing age. The median home in the Madison, WI metro was built in 1984, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 45.8% of homes were built before 1980 and 30.6% in 2000 or later; 60% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 201 county hail reports across the metro's 4 counties from 2021 to 2025 (15 in 2021, 38 in 2022, 30 in 2023, 40 in 2024, 78 in 2025), rank 19 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 244 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 4 inches. Most reports came from Dane, Wisconsin (212), Green, Wisconsin (31), Iowa, Wisconsin (27). After a hail storm, read the roof insurance claim guide and how hail damages a roof.
Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county hail reports 2021 to June 30, 2026); U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates 2020-2024, tables B25035, B25034 and B25003; counties per OMB July 2023 metro definitions.
Other Wisconsin metros
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington $599/sq
- Duluth $574/sq
- Racine-Mount Pleasant $530/sq
- Janesville-Beloit $527/sq
- Green Bay $510/sq
- Appleton $510/sq
- Sheboygan $505/sq
- Milwaukee-Waukesha $502/sq
- Oshkosh-Neenah $496/sq
- Eau Claire $471/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $509/sq · rank 83
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $509/sq · rank 85
- Cleveland, OH $507/sq · rank 86
- Grants Pass, OR $506/sq · rank 87
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