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Vinyl Siding Installation Cost Per Square Foot
Discover what you can expect to pay for vinyl siding installation cost in the different sections of the country. For better or worse, this tends to be the main driver of labor cost - location. Generally, more rural locations are less expensive than urban locations. Also, high income states tend to have higher labor costs than lower income states. We'll do our best to give real world examples of projects and lay out some guidelines for what you can expect when it comes to vinyl siding installation costs per square foot.
Let's start out with a general labor cost per square foot - $3 to $8 per square foot (labor cost only). This is a huge range that actually doesn't tell us much in my opinion. The reason for this massive range in labor costs is due to the many factors that goes into how a company bids out any job. Here are the main factors.
As we said at the top, location is perhaps the biggest driver of labor costs for any home improvement project. As an example, the fair labor price for a project in rural Kentucky might run $400. However, that labor cost on that exact same project might run $1,400 in a popular city such as Los Angeles, California. Bottom line is this: location plays a huge role when it comes to vinyl siding installation cost and project quotes.
The second biggest factor that drives labor costs is the structure and size of the company that you hire. Well reputed contractors who do high end work are going to charge much higher rates than a single contractor who just recently got his General Contractor's license. The, you step down from the contractors and you have a whole host of local companies and/or installers. Well established local companies will typically charge a higher labor rate than smaller companies with less overhead and less experience.
The third biggest factor that drives labor costs is the project specifics. What is involved - siding removal, installing house wrap, what kind of siding is required, do you need fascia boards, how complex are the cuts, travel time to and from the job, etc. The interesting thing is that all of these questions have differing importance to different GCs, siding companies, installers, and handymen. That's the reason that bids are so all over the board.
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Bottom Line The only real way to know what local contractors, installation companies, and handymen are going to bid out the labor portion of your project is to collect 4 to 5 bids and compare them. And I believe this is backed up by my explanations below on the complex nature of predicting vinyl siding installation cost.
Bill - Site Editor - Page Last Updated: April 4, 2025
General Labor Cost Range
Location, Location, Location
Who You Hire
At the low end of the labor price spectrum are non licensed installers who we will call handymen. These guys are going to be all over the board in terms of what they charge to do a job. Their labor rates will be based on how their business is doing, how much work they have, and whether they think your project is easy (or difficult) to handle. The bottom line is this: the size and structure of the company doing the work plays a very big factor in what your project bids will be in terms of the overall vinyl siding installation cost.
Project Specifics
* Siding Removal Cost