Roof replacement cost (2026): a Tampa Bay example
Example area: Tampa Bay, Florida. In Wylie, prices adjust for where your job is.
Shingle roofing work in the current renovation cost data runs from about $341 to $619 per square (100 square feet), with a middle point near $459. Those are costs before markup: material and labor for the roofing work itself, before tear-off, overhead, profit, and job conditions.
In Tampa Bay, the roof is never just shingles. Deck condition, underlayment requirements, flashing, and Florida wind-code details decide whether a roof lands at the low or high end of the range.
How much does a roof replacement cost per square in Tampa Bay?
Current aggregate cost range before markup for shingle roofing tasks:
| Work | Unit | Low | Middle | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle roofing | per square (100 SF) | $341 | $459 | $619 |
Figures are low, middle and high points (25th percentile, median, 75th percentile) across single work items, each priced for its material and labor, in nationally published 2026 cost data, computed November 2026 and refreshed quarterly. They are costs before contractor overhead and profit, and before job conditions. They are not installed project totals and not bids. Wylie Estimates adjusts every price for where the job is, in every part of the country.
What decides where a Tampa Bay roof lands in the range?
Tear-off scope (one layer or two), deck repairs discovered after tear-off, underlayment and secondary water barrier requirements, penetration and flashing counts, and pitch and access. Steep, cut-up roofs carry more labor per square than simple gables.
Deck repair is the honest wildcard. A per-sheet allowance named in the bid protects both sides better than a padded lump sum nobody can audit.
What is the difference between cost before markup and a bid?
Cost before markup is material plus labor for the work itself, before contractor overhead and profit. It is the floor, not the price. A contractor who bids at cost before markup earns nothing for supervision, insurance, warranty risk, or running the business.
A typical bid adds 25% or more on top of cost before markup. In Wylie Estimates you start from cost before markup, set your own markup, and approve every line before your client sees the price. Setting the markup in the open is how you protect your number before you send it.
Frequently asked questions
- What does a shingle roof cost per square in Tampa?
- Current renovation data puts shingle roofing work between about $341 to $619 per square in material and labor, middle point about $459, before tear-off, overhead and profit. Local modifiers adjust from the national baseline down to about 7% below depending on the ZIP.
- Why do roofing quotes differ so much for the same house?
- Different assumptions about tear-off layers, deck repair allowances, underlayment spec, and flashing scope. A line-item estimate makes those assumptions visible instead of buried in one number.
Price your next job from the same cost data these figures come from, adjusted for where the job is. You set your markup and approve every line before you bid.
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