2026 local estimate · updated 2026-07-22
Cost to replace a roof in Denver, CO
A typical roof replacement in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area runs $15,313, with most projects landing between $5,686 and $24,940 — about 0% above the national average.
Low
$5,686
Basic materials, simple job
Typical
$15,313
What most people pay
High
$24,940
Premium materials or complex job
What's priced: Full tear-off and replacement on a typical 2,000 sq ft home, asphalt shingles through mid-range materials, installed. Excludes permits, structural repairs found mid-job, and premium upgrades.
Why Denver is more expensive than average
Almost entirely labor. Roofers in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area earn about 0% more than the national mean for the same occupation, per Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data. Because roof replacement is roughly 60% labor, that difference flows straight into the total.
Roofing is the most labor-heavy of these projects. Tear-off, disposal, and installation dominate the bill, and asphalt shingles themselves are comparatively cheap — which is why roofing prices vary more between metros than almost any other home project.
Get a number for your own job
The figures above are for a standard project. Your size, materials, and access will move them. Run your own specification through the calculator, then apply the ×0.996 local labor factor to the labor portion.
Open the roof replacement calculator →Permits for a roof replacement in Denver
Issuing authority: City and County of Denver, Community Planning and Development
Denver's threshold for a roof permit is repairs exceeding 10 percent of the roof's square footage or two roof squares, whichever is smaller, and a full tear-off and replacement clears that bar easily. Community Planning and Development prices the permit off construction value: $35 for the first $2,000 plus $8 for each additional $1,000 between $2,001 and $25,000.
Above that, from $25,001 to $50,000, the fee is $220 for the first $25,000 plus another $8 for each additional $1,000.
When a permit is needed
- “Roof repair/replacement - All repairs that are more than 10% of the roof square footage or two roof squares (whichever is smaller) require a roof permit” — City and County of Denver, Quick Permits (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Fees
- “$2,001-$25,000: $35.00 for the first $2,000.00 plus $8.00 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof” — City and County of Denver, Building and Land Development Fees (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “$25,001-$50,000: $220.00 for the first $25,000.00 plus $8.00 for each additional $1,000.00” — City and County of Denver, Building and Land Development Fees (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Quoted verbatim; not recalculated.
Rules set by the state of Colorado
- Colorado does not license roofing contractors at state level: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Also covers Aurora, Evergreen
Aurora is named in the metropolitan area itself — Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — and Evergreen is in Jefferson County within it, so both are priced by the same labor data as Denver. There is no separate Denver suburb estimate to look up: those communities are priced by the same roofers wage data as the figures above, so a roof replacement there typically runs $15,313, with most projects between $5,686 and $24,940.
Metropolitan-area membership follows the area definitions BLS publishes its OEWS metro estimates against — May 2025 reference period. What genuinely varies inside a metro is the individual property, not the labor market: roof pitch, access, and how much has to come off before anything goes on. Price your own job.
Nearby metros
- Roof replacement in Colorado Springs, CO — typically $14,668
- Roof replacement in Indianapolis, IN — typically $15,295
- Roof replacement in Tulsa, OK — typically $15,286
Compare roof replacement cost across every US metro we cover — the same labor-adjusted model as this page, ranked from most to least expensive, if you want the national picture rather than Denver alone.
How we calculate this
We take a national installed-cost range, split it into labor and materials, and scale only the labor half by this metro's actual wage data. That is the whole model — no black box, and reproducible from the figures on this page.
- National range: $5,700–$25,000, from our roof replacement cost data (last verified 2026-07-13).
- Labor share: 60%. An industry rule of thumb, not a measured value — the softest assumption here, which is why we state it rather than bury it.
- Metro labor factor: ×0.996, being the mean annual wage for Roofers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO divided by the national mean for the same occupation.
- Materials: held at the national level. We vary labor by metro and hold materials at the national level. That is deliberate: shingles, copper, HVAC equipment, and cabinets are nationally traded and priced, and what actually varies locally is freight and sales tax — both small next to the labor spread. We have no metro-level materials index we can defend, so rather than invent one, we vary only what we can source.
Wage source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), metropolitan area estimates, May 2025. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain and free to reuse. Where BLS suppresses wage data for a metro, we publish no page for it rather than fill the gap with an estimate.
Educational estimate only. A real quote for your specific property beats any model, including ours — get at least three.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to replace a roof in Denver, CO?+
A typical project in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area runs about $15,313, with most falling between $5,686 and $24,940. Of the typical figure, roughly $9,173 is labor and $6,140 is materials. That puts Denver about 0% above the national typical cost of $15,350.
Why is it more expensive to replace a roof in Denver, CO than the national average?+
Almost entirely labor. Roofers in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area earn about 0% less than the national average for the same occupation, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data. Because roof replacement is roughly 60% labor, that wage difference flows through to the total. Materials are priced nationally and barely move between metros.
What's included in these Denver, CO estimates?+
Installed cost — materials plus labor for a standard project of this type. It does not include permits, which vary by municipality, structural repairs discovered mid-job, or premium upgrades. The range reflects genuine variation in scope and material grade, not uncertainty about the metro. Always get at least three local quotes before budgeting; a real quote for your specific property will beat any estimate, including ours.
How is this different from a national average with the city name swapped in?+
We split the national installed cost into labor and materials, then scale only the labor half using the actual mean wage for Roofers in this specific metro area, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Materials stay at the national level because we have no defensible metro-level materials index — shingles and HVAC equipment are nationally traded, and only freight and sales tax really vary. Where BLS suppresses wage data for a metro, we do not publish a page for it at all rather than fill the gap with a guess.