2026 Window Cost Index

Estimated installed cost of a standard double-hung window, by U.S. metro. Source: BLS (May 2025) + FRED.

Most expensive metros

  1. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$845 · 1.8852x
  2. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$812 · 1.6095x
  3. Springfield, MA$794 · 1.4615x
  4. Madison, WI$792 · 1.445x
  5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$792 · 1.4439x
  6. Urban Honolulu, HI$789 · 1.418x
  7. Worcester, MA$785 · 1.3809x
  8. Salem, OR$784 · 1.3739x
  9. Napa, CA$784 · 1.3732x
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$778 · 1.3246x

Least expensive metros

  1. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$665 · 0.3867x
  2. Laredo, TX$689 · 0.583x
  3. West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$694 · 0.6246x
  4. Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$694 · 0.6275x
  5. Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$695 · 0.6396x
  6. Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$696 · 0.641x
  7. Jackson, MS$696 · 0.6426x
  8. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$696 · 0.6456x
  9. Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$697 · 0.6491x
  10. Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$697 · 0.6505x
2026 trend: metal/aluminum window prices up 13.6% YoY; wood up 2.6%.