2026 Q3 · metro rank 211 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
An architectural shingle roof in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro costs $447 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -0.3% against the Florida figure of $448 and -10.7% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $23.37/hour (median $22.68, about 3,380 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 $11,469 to $21,925 here, typical $16,657.
All materials in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $351 | $447 | $543 | $500 | -10.7% |
| 3-tab shingles | $247 | $314 | $381 | $355 | -11.5% |
| Standing seam metal | $818 | $1,143 | $1,469 | $1,250 | -8.5% |
| Metal panel | $434 | $802 | $1,169 | $900 | -10.9% |
| Tile | $618 | $1,620 | $2,621 | $1,800 | -10.0% |
| Slate | $934 | $1,852 | $2,771 | $2,000 | -7.4% |
| Flat membrane | $217 | $422 | $626 | $475 | -11.2% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL" (area code 45300). State rank for Florida: 42 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Housing age. The median home in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro was built in 1986, newer than the median metro in the Index (1982). 39% of homes were built before 1980 and 28.8% in 2000 or later; 68% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 12 county hail reports across the metro's 4 counties from 2021 to 2025 (1 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 3 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 3 in 2025), rank 165 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 11 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 3 inches. Most reports came from Hillsborough, Florida (7), Pasco, Florida (3), Pinellas, Florida (2). 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 Florida metros
- Naples-Marco Island $468/sq
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota $464/sq
- Port St. Lucie $459/sq
- Lakeland-Winter Haven $452/sq
- Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor $450/sq
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach $450/sq
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville $450/sq
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford $449/sq
- Jacksonville $448/sq
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin $448/sq
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach $445/sq
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers $440/sq
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent $438/sq
- Gainesville $436/sq
- Panama City-Panama City Beach $433/sq
- Sebring $432/sq
- Ocala $432/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Lincoln, NE $448/sq · rank 208
- Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $448/sq · rank 209
- Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $447/sq · rank 210
- Twin Falls, ID $445/sq · rank 213
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $443/sq · rank 214
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Estimate a roof in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
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