Siding replacement cost in Seattle: what owners paid (2023 survey)
Seattle owners paid a median $8,571 for new or replacement siding: $3,571 above the U.S. median, tied for second-highest of 7 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).
What Seattle owners paid
$8,571
This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.
Margin of error ±$3,700: at 90% confidence the Seattle median lies between $4,871 and $12,271.
How Seattle compares
- U.S. median, same work
- $5,000
- Rank, highest first
- Tied at 2 of 7
Seattle: $8,571. The big-metro medians run from $3,000 to $10,000.
8 of the 15 metros have no published figure for this work, so the rank counts the other 7.
- San Francisco$10,000
- Boston$8,571
- Seattle$8,571
- Chicago$8,000
- Washington DC$6,000
- Houston$3,700
- Dallas$3,000
No published figure: Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Riverside.
What it covers
New and replacement siding, every material and house size together.
The Census category is “Siding” within “Exterior Additions and Replacements”: what Seattle-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.
Before you compare quotes
If your quote is well above $8,571, ask what is in it that the typical job is not. Does the quote identify cladding, trim, openings and any concealed-wall repair?
Then put the quotes in the matching quote worksheet to see each one's scope beside its price.