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2026 Q3 · metro rank 42 of 263

Roof replacement cost in Modesto

An architectural shingle roof in the Modesto, CA metro costs $535 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -3.1% against the California figure of $552 and +6.9% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $30.92/hour (median $30.26, about 290 employed), BLS May 2025. For a whole roof: an architectural shingle roof on a 2,000 sq ft single-story home (6/12 pitch, one layer torn off, permit and dumpster included) costs $13,462 to $24,251 here, typical $18,817.

Low
$432
per square
Typical
$535
per square, architectural shingles
High
$637
per square

All materials in Modesto

MaterialLowTypicalHighUS typicalvs US
Architectural shingles $432 $535 $637 $500 +6.9%
3-tab shingles $301 $382 $462 $355 +7.5%
Standing seam metal $953 $1,319 $1,685 $1,250 +5.5%
Metal panel $543 $964 $1,385 $900 +7.1%
Tile $753 $1,917 $3,081 $1,800 +6.5%
Slate $1,043 $2,096 $3,149 $2,000 +4.8%
Flat membrane $271 $510 $748 $475 +7.3%
Installed cost per square (100 sq ft) in the Modesto, CA metro, Roof Cost Index 2026 Q3. Material at national prices; labor scaled by the local BLS roofer wage. Tear-off, permit and extras not included.

This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Modesto, CA" (area code 33700). State rank for California: 10 of 51. Methodology.

Roofing conditions in Modesto

Housing age. The median home in the Modesto, CA metro was built in 1981, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 47.6% of homes were built before 1980 and 21% in 2000 or later; 61% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.

Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged no county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025. It is one of 19 metros in the Index with none in that period.

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.

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