2026 Q3 · metro rank 40 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Syracuse
An architectural shingle roof in the Syracuse, NY metro costs $536 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: -4.7% against the New York figure of $563 and +7.2% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $31.05/hour (median $29.56, about 270 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 $13,496 to $24,291 here, typical $18,854.
All materials in Syracuse
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $433 | $536 | $639 | $500 | +7.2% |
| 3-tab shingles | $302 | $383 | $463 | $355 | +7.8% |
| Standing seam metal | $955 | $1,322 | $1,689 | $1,250 | +5.8% |
| Metal panel | $544 | $967 | $1,389 | $900 | +7.4% |
| Tile | $755 | $1,922 | $3,089 | $1,800 | +6.8% |
| Slate | $1,044 | $2,100 | $3,155 | $2,000 | +5.0% |
| Flat membrane | $272 | $511 | $750 | $475 | +7.6% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Syracuse, NY" (area code 45060). State rank for New York: 5 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Syracuse
Housing age. The median home in the Syracuse, NY metro was built in 1965, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 67.8% of homes were built before 1980 and 12.1% 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 25 county hail reports across the metro's 3 counties from 2021 to 2025 (4 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 4 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 10 in 2025), rank 116 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 21 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 1.75 inches. Most reports came from Onondaga, New York (13), Oswego, New York (8), Madison, New York (4). 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 New York metros
- New York-Newark-Jersey City $606/sq
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy $557/sq
- Utica-Rome $538/sq
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga $537/sq
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh $530/sq
- Glens Falls $510/sq
- Binghamton $504/sq
- Rochester $504/sq
- Elmira $489/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- St. Louis, MO-IL $538/sq · rank 37
- Kennewick-Richland, WA $536/sq · rank 41
- Modesto, CA $535/sq · rank 42
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $534/sq · rank 43
More: how much a new roof costs, every state, the full Index.
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