{"id":8644,"date":"2026-08-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/?p=8644"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:45:50","slug":"siding-and-fence-pricing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/siding-and-fence-pricing-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Siding and Fence Pricing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\n  var sels = ['.entry-header','.page-header','article > h1:first-child','.entry-footer'];\n  sels.forEach(function(s){document.querySelectorAll(s).forEach(function(el){el.style.display='none';});});\n  var el = document.querySelector('.sw-a');\n  while (el && el !== document.body) {\n    el.style.maxWidth='100%'; el.style.width='100%'; el.style.padding='0'; el.style.margin='0';\n    el.style.float='none'; el.style.flex='0 0 100%';\n    el = el.parentElement;\n  }\n  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b.classList){b.classList.add('single-post');}\n  }catch(e){}\n})();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<article class=\"pm\">\n<header class=\"pm__hero\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<nav class=\"pm__crumb\">Blog &nbsp;&rsaquo;&nbsp; Project Cost Guides<\/nav>\n<p><span class=\"pm__eyebrow\">Project Cost Guide &middot; Siding &amp; Fence<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Siding and Fence Pricing: Two Trades, One Rate Discipline<\/h1>\n<p class=\"pm__dek\">Siding has no wage of its own and fence has exactly one, so build the rate from the occupations BLS actually measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__dek-cta\">In a hurry? <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Price an elevation from a photo<\/a> in about six seconds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pm__rating\"><span class=\"pm__stars\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/span> <b>4.8<\/b> <span class=\"pm__rating-sub\">on the App Store<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pm__meta\">\n<span>SimplyWise<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>Updated August 24, 2026<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>5 min read<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"pm__fig\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A siding installer in a blue shirt and tool belt standing on a second story roof edge, working on the lap siding and window trim of a grey house with a ladder propped beside him\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1786295866839-d17f879c65cd?w=1400&amp;h=700&amp;fit=crop&amp;q=80&amp;auto=format\"\/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"pm__body\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<aside class=\"pm__tldr\">\n<div class=\"pm__tldr-label\">At a glance<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>BLS publishes no siding occupation, and publishes fence erectors at $47,980 a year, so anchor the rate to occupations it measures.<\/li>\n<li>Carpenters ran $60,580 a year, $29.12 an hour, May 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Construction laborers ran $47,120 a year, $22.66 an hour.<\/li>\n<li>Crew mix decides your cost, so price carpenter hours and laborer hours apart.<\/li>\n<li>Cutting fiber cement siding is a named silica task with required controls.<\/li>\n<li>Tear-off, weather barrier, flashing, and disposal each deserve a stated line.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"pm__tldr-cta\"><span>Price the next elevation from a photo, free to try.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>There is no siding wage, and one fence wage<\/h2>\n<p>Start honest. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation called siding installer. It does publish fence erectors, at a median of $47,980 a year and $23.07 an hour, and it publishes the two trades the rest of your crew is made of.<\/p>\n<table class=\"pm__table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Occupation BLS publishes, May 2025<\/th>\n<th>Median annual wage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Carpenters<\/td>\n<td>$60,580<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Construction trades workers<\/td>\n<td>$58,150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total, all occupations<\/td>\n<td>$50,980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fence erectors<\/td>\n<td>$47,980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Construction laborers<\/td>\n<td>$47,120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Carpenters cover the skilled half: layout, trim, corners, gates, and every cut that shows, at $29.12 an hour. Construction laborers cover tear-off, carry, digging, and cleanup at $22.66. The spread between the two is $13,460 a year.<\/p>\n<h2>Crew mix is the real rate<\/h2>\n<p>A tear-off and re-side is laborer heavy on day one and carpenter heavy on day four. Quote both at the same rate and you overcharge the demo, undercharge the trim, and look expensive where clients compare.<\/p>\n<p>Demand is moving faster on the cheaper half too. BLS projects construction laborers and helpers to grow 7 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than average, against 4 percent for carpenters.<\/p>\n<h2>The billable hour is never the wage you pay<\/h2>\n<p>Payroll taxes, workers comp, liability, the truck, staging, saws, and dust gear ride on the hours you bill. So does drive time and the free walk-through.<\/p>\n<p>Exterior work also buries unbillable hours inside billable ones. Ladders, staging, and chasing weather happen before a course goes up. BLS notes this work is often physically demanding and may require being outdoors in all weather conditions. Quote the siding, eat the setup, and the loaded hour is fiction. That gap is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/what-is-labor-burden-in-construction\/\">labor burden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__inline-cta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a> turns a photo into an itemized, branded estimate in about 6 seconds. It breaks out material, labor, and fee lines.<\/p>\n<h2>Fiber cement puts you under the silica rule<\/h2>\n<p>OSHA lists handheld power saws for cutting fiber-cement board, with a blade of 8 inches or less, as a named task on Table 1 of the construction silica standard.<\/p>\n<p>Table 1 sets the terms. For that task performed outdoors only, you use a saw with a commercially available dust collection system, run per the manufacturer instructions, and the dust collector must deliver the air flow the tool manufacturer recommends or greater, with a filter of 99 percent or greater efficiency. Implement that fully and properly and you are considered in compliance on respirator selection.<\/p>\n<p>Step off Table 1 and the exposure numbers take over: no employee above 50 micrograms per cubic meter as an 8 hour average, with an action level of 25. Two things you owe either way. A written exposure control plan, and a competent person inspecting job sites. Anyone required to wear a respirator 30 or more days a year gets medical surveillance at no cost.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pm__callout\">\n<p>The dust collecting saw, its filters, the written plan, and the inspection time are overhead on every fiber cement job. Cutting indoors drops you off the outdoor-only line, so plan the cut station before you bid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"pm__promo\">\n<h2>Skip the retyping<\/h2>\n<p>SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo into an itemized, branded estimate in about 6 seconds. Every line carries a unit, quantity, and price per unit. Pricing is $29.99\/mo or $239.99\/yr, about $20\/mo on annual, with a 7-day free trial.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pm__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Fence pricing lives below grade<\/h2>\n<p>The pickets are easy to price, and competitors price them the same way, per linear foot. The holes are where the day goes, and nobody quotes them honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Rock, roots, slope, and access decide how many posts you set before lunch. That is laborer time on the wage line above, and it is the biggest variance in a fence bid.<\/p>\n<p>So give digging its own unit. Price post setting per hole rather than folding it into the linear foot, and state a rock allowance. Put gates on their own line too: a gate is carpenter work and should carry the carpenter rate.<\/p>\n<h2>Put the invisible work on its own line<\/h2>\n<p>Tear-off and disposal, weather barrier and flashing, trim and corners, access and staging, post setting, and the magnet sweep are where the hours go.<\/p>\n<p>So state each one. That is how siding and fence pricing recovers your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/what-is-overhead-in-construction\/\">overhead<\/a> instead of burying it.<\/p>\n<h2>Build your siding and fence pricing in this order<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"pm__steps\">\n<li>\n<h3>Split the crew before the hours<\/h3>\n<p>Load a carpenter rate and a laborer rate separately. Then assign hours to whichever one actually does the work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Price the dust plan on fiber cement<\/h3>\n<p>The dust collecting saw, filters, written plan, and inspection time are real cost on every fiber cement elevation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Give the ground its own unit<\/h3>\n<p>Post holes price per hole with a stated rock allowance. Never let a linear foot number carry unknown digging.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Apply margin last<\/h3>\n<p>Margin goes on after labor, material, access, and disposal are on the page. Applied earlier it hides a cost you forgot.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Keep reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/cost-to-install-siding\/\">Cost to Install Siding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/fence-cost-calculator\/\">Fence Cost Calculator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/hardscape-pricing-guide\/\">Hardscape Pricing Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pm__sources\">\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/ocwage.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025<\/a> (median hourly wages for carpenters, construction laborers, and fence erectors; news release USDL-26-0725, released May 15, 2026, verified 2026-08-24).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/oes\/tables.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLS OEWS national occupation profiles, May 2025<\/a> (median annual wages for carpenters, construction laborers, fence erectors, construction trades workers, and all occupations; verified 2026-08-24).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/construction-and-extraction\/carpenters.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Carpenters<\/a> (2024 to 2034 employment projections; verified 2026-08-24).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/construction-and-extraction\/construction-laborers-and-helpers.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Construction Laborers and Helpers<\/a> (2024 to 2034 employment projections, work environment; verified 2026-08-24).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/regulations\/standardnumber\/1926\/1926.1153\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OSHA 1926.1153, Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction<\/a> (Table 1 fiber cement entry, PEL, action level, written plan, medical surveillance; verified 2026-08-22).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/simplywise-cost-estimator\/id6670619664\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator, App Store<\/a> (4.8 rating; verified 2026-08-22).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"pm__faq\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<h2>Common siding and fence pricing questions<\/h2>\n<details>\n<summary>Does the Bureau of Labor Statistics publish a siding wage?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>No siding occupation. BLS does publish fence erectors, at $47,980 a year. Build the siding rate from carpenters at $60,580 and construction laborers at $47,120, all May 2025 medians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Why split carpenter and laborer rates?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Because the wages differ by $13,460 a year. A tear-off day is laborer heavy and a trim day is carpenter heavy, so one blended rate misprices both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Does the silica rule really apply to siding?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Yes for fiber cement. OSHA names handheld power saws for cutting fiber-cement board with a blade of 8 inches or less on Table 1 of the construction silica standard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How should I price fence post holes?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Per hole, with a stated allowance for rock or hardpan. Rock, roots, slope, and access decide how many posts a crew sets in a day, and a linear foot number cannot absorb that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Can SimplyWise price a siding or fence job from a photo?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Yes. SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo into an itemized, branded estimate in about 6 seconds. Free to try, at $29.99\/mo or $239.99\/yr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pm__final\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<span class=\"pm__eyebrow\">Price it once, price it right<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Turn your rate into a signed quote.<\/h2>\n<p>Snap a photo and get an itemized, branded estimate in about 6 seconds. 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