2026 Vinyl Siding Cost Estimates
Gentek Sequoia Select Estimate — August 2026
- Manufacturer → Gentek
- Product → Sequoia Select
- Installation → Local Installer
- Location → Maryland
- Square Footage → 1,700
- Total Quote → $12,750
- Cost Per Square Foot → $7.5
- Submit Date → August 10, 2026
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Vinyl Siding Labor Costs
Location Price Variables
Company You Hire
Project specifics
Type Of Siding You Choose
Vinyl Siding Installation Cost Reviews
Vinyl Siding Pricing Factors
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 cost per square foot.
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.
Labor Cost Range
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.
Related Topic: Buying Vinyl Siding
Location, Location, Location
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.
Related Topic: Vinyl Siding Thickness
Who You Hire
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. Then, 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.
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.
Related Topic: Siding Materials Cost
Vinyl Siding Installation Cost: Project Specifics
The third biggest factor that drives labor costs is the project specifics. What is involved - siding removal, installing house wrap, 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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Type Of Siding You Choose
The last piece of the puzzle is the siding material you choose to use. Hardie Board (or fiber cement) is heavy, cumbersome, and dusty to cut. However, it holds up very well over time when properly installed. This material is more expensive to buy, but also to install. Non foamed backed vinyl siding is light and easy to cut, therefore this material is going to be cheaper to buy and have a lower labor cost associated with it.
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