Home repair costs, U.S.

Know what the job should cost before you call a contractor.

Cost ranges built from real material prices and state wage data, with the math shown, every source linked and every number dated.

Where the numbers come from

No guesses. Just prices you can check.

Most cost pages quote one national average and stop there. We rebuild the price from its parts so you can see why your quote is high, low or about right.

Material prices

Shelf prices from national home-improvement retailers, re-checked every quarter and dated on the page.

Labor by state

Hourly wages for each trade in your state from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not a single national rate.

Checked against the market

Every calculator is cross-checked against the prices real installers publish, and each one is named on the guide.

Cost = (Q × material + Q × hours × state wage) × (1 + margin) + extras
Q
How much: linear feet, square feet or units
hours
Labor time per unit, calibrated on installers' published prices
margin
Contractor overhead and profit
extras
Fixed costs like permits, haul-away or a second story
Starting with water in the home

Three projects that tend to show up together.

Clogged gutters send water to the foundation, a wet basement needs a drain, and the drain needs a pump. We start there, one careful guide at a time.

Unfinished basement with bare concrete walls and floor
Photo: Josh Lemmon / Unsplash
January 2027

Basement & crawl space

From sealing a damp wall to a full interior drain: which fix matches the symptom, and what each one costs.

  • Basement waterproofing cost
  • French drain cost
  • Crawl space encapsulation cost
Water discharging from a drain pipe onto the ground
Photo: Maxim Tolchinskiy / Unsplash
February 2027

Sump pumps

Existing pit or new pit, pump type and battery backup, with equipment and labor priced separately.

  • Sump pump installation cost
  • Sump pump replacement cost
Our promise

A cost guide, not a lead form.

We don't sell your details to contractors and we don't hide prices behind a phone number. The site is paid for by ads, which never change a number.

  • Ranges, never a single magic number
  • Materials, labor and extras shown separately
  • Every figure linked to its source, with a date
  • Cross-checked against what real installers charge
  • Spot an error? We correct it and note the change