2026 Q3 data
Roof replacement cost in Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area
How much does a new roof cost in Milwaukee, WI?
$12,700 – $23,400
Typical $18,000 · architectural shingles · 2,000 sq ft home
That is $502 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro costs $402 to $603 per square installed (typical $502) on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +0.6% against the Wisconsin figure of $500 and +0.5% against the US typical of $500. Metro rank 93 of 263 (1 = most expensive).
Material is priced nationally; labor is scaled by the local roofer wage. Roofers here earn a mean $28.16/hour (median $28.91, about 980 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 Milwaukee, WI
| Material, per square | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $402 | $502 | $603 |
| 3-tab shingles | $282 | $357 | $432 |
| Standing seam metal | $904 | $1,255 | $1,606 |
| Metal panel | $503 | $905 | $1,306 |
| Tile | $704 | $1,808 | $2,913 |
| Slate | $1,003 | $2,007 | $3,011 |
| Flat membrane | $252 | $477 | $703 |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI" (area code 33340). State rank for Wisconsin: 19 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Milwaukee-Waukesha
Housing age. The median home in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro was built in 1967, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 66.9% of homes were built before 1980 and 15.3% 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 165 county hail reports across the metro's 4 counties from 2021 to 2025 (14 in 2021, 31 in 2022, 30 in 2023, 47 in 2024, 43 in 2025), rank 24 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 121 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2 inches. Most reports came from Waukesha, Wisconsin (91), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (59), Washington, Wisconsin (29). 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
- Madison $509/sq
- Sheboygan $505/sq
- Oshkosh-Neenah $496/sq
- Eau Claire $471/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Binghamton, NY $504/sq · rank 90
- Rochester, NY $504/sq · rank 91
- Kansas City, MO-KS $504/sq · rank 92
- Salem, OR $502/sq · rank 94
- Pittsfield, MA $502/sq · rank 95
- Akron, OH $501/sq · rank 96
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