Roof Replacement Cost in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (2026)
Oshkosh homeowners pay $6,580 to $14,570 to put asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft house, roughly 5.5 to 12.2 weeks of the $61,929 a year the median Oshkosh household takes in. Oshkosh gets 92 freeze-thaw days, 63rd highest of 209. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: Plan on about $10,600 for asphalt shingles in Oshkosh, or 8.9 weeks of the median household's $61,929. Metal roofs in Oshkosh cost $15,980 to $37,600; asphalt ranges from $6,580 to $14,570.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Oshkosh installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Oshkosh roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Oshkosh home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Oshkosh or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Oshkosh roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Oshkosh house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Oshkosh gets.
Price your own roof in Oshkosh
Oshkosh prices sit 6% under the national base. A typical Oshkosh roof is 8.9 weeks of local pay, 100th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Oshkosh
- Extra tear-off included
How we calculated this
One sum produces the asphalt shingle range at the top of this page. You can redo it with a calculator.
| Step | What goes in | Value |
|---|---|---|
| National base, low end | 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles, $3.50 per sq ft × 2,000 sq ft | $7,000 |
| National base, high end | Architectural Asphalt Shingles, $7.75 per sq ft × 2,000 sq ft | $15,500 |
| Oshkosh cost index | Fixed for Oshkosh, not recalculated from wages | 0.94× |
| Oshkosh low | $7,000 × Oshkosh index 0.94 | $6,580, 5.5 weeks of Oshkosh pay |
| Oshkosh high | $15,500 × Oshkosh index 0.94 | $14,570, 12.2 weeks of Oshkosh pay |
| Oshkosh typical | Midpoint of the Oshkosh low and high, rounded to $50 | $10,600 |
- Where Oshkosh sits. The median index across the 209 cities we price is 0.89×. 186 of them are under 1.00× and 23 are over it.
- Roofer pay near Oshkosh. Shown above beside the price, from the BLS source. The index is not calculated from it.
Prices compiled June 2026, BLS pay OEWS May 2025. This is an estimate, not a quote. Why the range has a low and a high end and how the other materials are priced: full method, inputs and limits.
Cost by roofing material in Oshkosh
A typical asphalt roof in Oshkosh costs $10,600, which is 8.9 weeks of local pay and puts Oshkosh 100th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Oshkosh | 7.3 | $8,700 | 5.2% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Oshkosh | 9.7 | $11,500 | 6.8% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Oshkosh | 18.6 | $22,100 | 13.1% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Oshkosh | 25.3 | $30,100 | 17.9% |
| Concrete Tile in Oshkosh | 16.6 | $19,750 | 11.7% |
| TPO / EPDM in Oshkosh* | 4.7 | $5,650 | 3.4% |
* Flat-roof prices are per 1,000 sq ft, not for a whole 2,000 sq ft house. Rated life: 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles 15–20 years; Architectural Asphalt Shingles 25–30 years; Metal (Steel/Aluminum) 40–70 years; Standing Seam Metal 50–70 years; Concrete Tile 40–50 years; TPO / EPDM (flat roofs) 15–25 years. How we calculated these prices · Sources
What weather does to a Oshkosh roof
- Freeze-thaw days. Water gets under shingles at night and expands as ice.
- Days at 90F or hotter. Heat bakes the oils out of asphalt and loosens sealant strips.
- Days with an inch of rain. Heavy rain tests flashing, valleys and gutters.
- Yearly precipitation. More water means more years of wet decking.
Rank 1 is the most days or inches among the cities we cover. Values are 2014–2023 averages of a 50 km grid cell around Oshkosh. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Repair or replace in Oshkosh
The median Oshkosh home was built in 1972, so an original roof would be 54 years old, past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for. Here a repair mostly buys time. 59.3% of Oshkosh homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Oshkosh | $600 | 0.50 |
| Larger repair in Oshkosh | $2,800 | 2.4 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Oshkosh | $5,300 | 4.5 |
| One year of roof life in Oshkosh | $385 | 0.32 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Oshkosh: a typical architectural roof divided by its rated 25–30 years. A repair is worth paying for when it buys at least as many years as its cost divided by that figure. The 50% rule is a common rule of thumb, not a law.
Oshkosh against nearby Wisconsin cities
6 neighbors share 0.94×, against Oshkosh's 0.94×. Closest is Appleton, about 20 mi out.
Distances are to scale. Dot size is weeks of local pay for a typical asphalt roof, so a bigger dot means a heavier bill for that city's households.
| City | Weeks of pay | Price vs here | Contractors (verified) | Hail events, since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oshkosh (this page) | 8.9 | — | 22 (0) | 15 |
| Appleton roofers ≈20 mi from Oshkosh |
7.1 | same | 25 (0) | 57 |
| Green Bay roofers ≈45 mi from Oshkosh |
8.8 | same | 27 (0) | 46 |
| Janesville roofers ≈93 mi from Oshkosh |
7.7 | same | 22 (0) | 63 |
| Racine roofers ≈95 mi from Oshkosh |
9.9 | same | 22 (0) | 26 |
| Kenosha roofers ≈103 mi from Oshkosh |
8.0 | same | 29 (0) | 15 |
| La Crosse roofers ≈134 mi from Oshkosh |
10.2 | same | 21 (0) | 68 |
On the cost index Oshkosh sits at 0.94×, and a Oshkosh roof takes 8.9 weeks of its pay, rank 100 of 209.
Oshkosh roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Oshkosh household earns $61,929 a year, or $1,191 a week. A Oshkosh asphalt re-roof, typically $10,600, takes 8.9 weeks of that.
Appleton ($10,600 typical, 20 miles away) takes 7.1 weeks of its own pay, 1.8 weeks fewer than Oshkosh.
99 of 208 other cities ask for more, 109 for less.
Sum for Oshkosh: $10,600 ÷ ($61,929 ÷ 52) = 8.9 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Oshkosh city), 2019–2023What a re-roof costs against home values in Oshkosh
Share of median home value
In Oshkosh a typical re-roof takes 6.3% of the $168,400 median home value. 42 cities carry a heavier ratio and 166 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Oshkosh city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
59.3% of Oshkosh homes predate 1980. The median Oshkosh home was built in 1972, so a roof never replaced there is 54 years old. Oldest-first, Oshkosh stands #59 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Oshkosh city), 2019–2023If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Oshkosh's $6,580–$14,570 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Oshkosh pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.42 weeks in Oshkosh | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.84 weeks in Oshkosh | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.1 weeks in Oshkosh | $2,500 |
The Oshkosh roofing market
Oshkosh, with 66,816 residents in 2020, is Wisconsin's ninth-largest city with a manufacturing-anchored economy. Oshkosh Corporation, a global specialty-vehicle manufacturer, is the city's signature employer. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the state's third-largest university with approximately 15,000 students, adds institutional building stock. EAA AirVenture draws more than 600,000 visitors annually, spurring hospitality and commercial development that drives roofing maintenance and upgrade demand.
Roofing companies in Oshkosh's county
- 18roofing establishments with paid employees
- 70paid roofing employees
- 77.8%have fewer than 5 employees
- 3.9employees per firm on average
77.8% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 14 points above the 190-city median of 64%. Firms average 3.9 paid staff.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 22 roofing contractors listed in Oshkosh. See them
What roofers earn here
A roofer in the Oshkosh metro earns a median $58,880 a year, $490 below the $59,370 statewide median. 21 of 141 metros pay more than the Oshkosh area.
Source: BLS OEWS, roofers, May 2025Storms behind Oshkosh roof bills
Public NOAA records for Oshkosh's county.
- 10days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 1.5 inlargest hailstone reported
- 28days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 24 hail reports for Oshkosh's county since 2014. August is the busiest month with 7 of them, 29% of the total.
Busiest three: August 7, June 6, April 5.
No hail was reported in 6 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was June 14, 2017, with $10,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $10,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 6 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF0.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Winnebago County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026* | 2 |
15 recorded hail events across 7 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data. 2020 had the most events among represented full years: 4.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Oshkosh storm history · Hail risk lookup
Areas PickARoofer contractors serve in Oshkosh
- Downtown Oshkosh
- South Shore
- Oshkosh West
- Hoffman Park
- Westwood
ZIP codes: 54901, 54902, 54903, 54904, 54906.
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Data version: Prices compiled June 2026. Free to quote with credit under CC BY 4.0.