Every home project cost, drawn to the same scale.
A single number is impossible to judge. So nothing here appears on its own: 12 trades share one axis, 20 metros share one measured labour index, and every range is drawn from zero with nothing truncated.
12 trades, one axis
national · typical marked · $0 – $60,0006 of the 12 trades fit inside the first tenth of the axis. That is the honest shape of home improvement: a few large projects and a long tail of ordinary ones.
Material choice moves the other half of the bill — fencing , flooring and roofing materials are compared side by side.
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Pick a trade, a project and a metro; the index for that city is applied to the published range.
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20 metros on one index
0.85 – 1.33 · the line is the national baselineOne measured labour index per metro, applied to every figure on the site. 10 metros sit above the national baseline and 10 below it.
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One. Every project carries a low, typical and high figure, split into materials and labour, in the trades dataset.
Two. Each metro carries one labour index from BLS wage data for 8 to 10 construction occupations — the chart above is the whole of it.
Three. The index multiplies the range, figures above $100 are rounded to the nearest $5, and the result is dated. Full method →
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How the scale is built
Base ranges
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025
- Published contractor and industry pricing ranges
- Manufacturer and retailer material pricing
Metro adjustment
Labor adjustment factors are measured from BLS metropolitan wage data: the median ratio of local to national hourly wages across the ten trades this site prices.
Drawing rules
Every chart on a page shares one axis unless its caption says otherwise. Bars are drawn from zero and are never truncated. Full method →
Last updated: August 2026
Estimates, not quotes. These cost estimates are based on aggregated data from public sources. Actual costs vary by project scope, contractor, and local conditions. Always obtain multiple written quotes from licensed professionals. This site sells nothing, lists no contractors and takes no payment for placement. Methodology →