About Installation Cost Calculator
An independent website that shows what homeowners reported paying for 16 types of home improvement jobs, so that you can judge a quote against real jobs.
Where the numbers come from
Our cost figures come from the public use files of the 2023 American Housing Survey (U.S. Census Bureau, for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development), adjusted to 2026 prices with the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis price index for home improvements. They are not modeled. Some pages add one county's or city's permit records, or federal estimates by type of unit or type of insulation; these are labeled and kept separate. We do not take figures from other cost websites ourselves; the data source page lists what the federal estimates are based on. Methodology ยท Data source
This site is not affiliated with the Census Bureau or any other government agency, and the Census Bureau has not reviewed or endorsed it.
What the site is for, and what it is not
It shows what a type of job cost other homeowners in homes and places like yours, and where a quote falls among those jobs. It cannot price your job: the survey does not record the size of a job, the materials or the brand.
Your choices
No accounts. The calculators run in your browser; your choices and your quote are not sent to us. Privacy
Contact
Corrections and questions: contact page.