Roof Replacement Cost in Salina, Kansas (2026)
Putting asphalt shingles on a 2,000 sq ft Salina home costs $6,160 to $13,640, which a Salina household on $60,624 a year earns back in 5.3 to 11.7 weeks. The median Salina home dates from 1964. Starting ranges, not quotes. Prices compiled June 2026.
Short answer: The usual asphalt re-roof in Salina is $9,900, which takes 8.5 weeks of a $60,624 median household income. Metal in Salina: $14,960 to $35,200. Asphalt in Salina: $6,160 to $13,640.
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Compares your price per square foot with the Salina installed range (tear-off and underlayment included). Not a judgment of any one roofer.
What would a Salina roof cost per month?
Example rate only; your lender's offer will differ. For a Salina home the principal is the local range for your size and material, and this is not a loan offer in Salina or anywhere else.
How much life is left in my Salina roof?
Typical lifespans are published ranges for each material; for a Salina house, real life also depends on installation, attic ventilation and the weather Salina gets.
Price your own roof in Salina
Salina prices sit 12% under the national base. A typical Salina roof is 8.5 weeks of local pay, 127th heaviest of 209 cities.
- Same job at national base rates
- Difference in Salina
- 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 |
| Salina cost index | Fixed for Salina, not recalculated from wages | 0.88× |
| Salina low | $7,000 × Salina index 0.88 | $6,160, 5.3 weeks of Salina pay |
| Salina high | $15,500 × Salina index 0.88 | $13,640, 11.7 weeks of Salina pay |
| Salina typical | Midpoint of the Salina low and high, rounded to $50 | $9,900 |
- Where Salina 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.
Prices compiled June 2026. 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 Salina
A typical asphalt roof in Salina costs $9,900, which is 8.5 weeks of local pay and puts Salina 127th of 209 for burden.
| Material | Weeks of pay | Typical | Share of home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles in Salina | 7.0 | $8,150 | 5.0% |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles in Salina | 9.3 | $10,800 | 6.6% |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) in Salina | 17.8 | $20,700 | 12.6% |
| Standing Seam Metal in Salina | 24.1 | $28,150 | 17.1% |
| Concrete Tile in Salina | 15.9 | $18,500 | 11.2% |
| TPO / EPDM in Salina* | 4.5 | $5,300 | 3.2% |
* 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
Repair or replace in Salina
Salina homes sit 62 years from the median build year of 1964. An original roof that old is past the 25–30 years architectural shingles are rated for, so in Salina a repair mostly buys time. 70.3% of Salina homes predate 1980, so some roofs on the street are second or third generation.
| Job | Cost | Weeks of pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small repair in Salina | $550 | 0.47 |
| Larger repair in Salina | $2,650 | 2.3 |
| Half of a new roof (50% rule) in Salina | $4,950 | 4.2 |
| One year of roof life in Salina | $360 | 0.31 |
The last row prices one year of roof life in Salina: 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.
What weather does to a Salina 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 Salina. Source: NASA POWER (MERRA-2/IMERG reanalysis, daily point data), 2014–2023
Storms behind Salina roof bills
Public NOAA records for Salina's county.
- 36days with hail of 1 inch or larger
- 3 inlargest hailstone reported
- 57days with gusts of 58 mph or more
Hail reports by month
NOAA logged 133 hail reports for Salina's county since 2014. April is the busiest month with 47 of them, 35% of the total.
Busiest three: April 47, May 47, September 15.
No hail was reported in 4 of the 12 months (January to December, in calendar order).
The costliest storm day on record in the county was September 17, 2022, with $120,000 of reported property damage.
All reported hail, wind and tornado damage there adds up to at least $336,000. It is a floor, because many reports carry no dollar estimate.
The county saw 12 tornadoes, the strongest rated EF3.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026Reported hail locations, Saline County
- 1+ in
- 1.75+ in
- 2.75+ in
Hail reports per year
| 2017 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 24 |
| 2026* | 19 |
97 recorded hail events across 9 full years plus 2026 to June represented in the data, about 8.7 per represented full year. 2025 had the most events among represented full years: 24.
The last bar is a partial year.
Source: NOAA Storm Events, 2014–June 2026 Salina storm history · Hail risk lookup
If insurance covers the damage
Estimates against Salina's $6,160–$13,640 range. General information, not legal advice. How claims work →
| Your deductible | Weeks of Salina pay | Out-of-pocket |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 0.43 weeks in Salina | $500 |
| $1,000 | 0.86 weeks in Salina | $1,000 |
| $2,500 | 2.1 weeks in Salina | $2,500 |
Salina against nearby Kansas cities
5 neighbors share 0.88× to 0.89×, against Salina's 0.88×. Closest is Hutchinson, about 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salina (this page) | 8.5 | — | 20 (0) | 97 |
| Hutchinson roofers ≈56 mi from Salina |
8.8 | same | 18 (0) | 85 |
| Manhattan roofers ≈61 mi from Salina |
8.8 | same | 25 (0) | 64 |
| Wichita roofers ≈81 mi from Salina |
8.2 | +1% | 19 (0) | 228 |
| Topeka roofers ≈105 mi from Salina |
9.2 | same | 23 (0) | 95 |
| Lawrence roofers ≈128 mi from Salina |
8.2 | same | 25 (0) | 38 |
On the cost index Salina sits at 0.88×, and a Salina roof takes 8.5 weeks of its pay, rank 127 of 209.
What a re-roof costs against home values in Salina
Share of median home value
In Salina a typical re-roof takes 6.0% of the $164,500 median home value. 47 cities carry a heavier ratio and 161 a lighter one.
Source: Census ACS (Salina city), 2019–2023How old the homes are
Share of homes built before 1980.
70.3% of Salina homes predate 1980. A roof that Salina homebuyers never replaced since the median build year of 1964 is 62 years old. Oldest-first, Salina stands #36 of 209.
Source: Census ACS (Salina city), 2019–2023Salina roof bill in weeks of pay
Weeks of median household income
The median Salina household earns $60,624 a year, or $1,166 a week. A Salina asphalt re-roof, typically $9,900, takes 8.5 weeks of that.
Hutchinson ($9,900 typical, 56 miles away) takes 8.8 weeks of its own pay, 0.26 weeks more than Salina.
126 of 208 other cities ask for more, 82 for less.
Sum for Salina: $9,900 ÷ ($60,624 ÷ 52) = 8.5 weeks.
Source: Census ACS (Salina city), 2019–2023The Salina roofing market
Salina, with 46,889 residents per the 2020 census, anchors central Kansas as a regional employment hub. The top employers include Salina Regional Health Center (1,875 workers), Schwan's Global Supply Chain (1,700), and Great Plains Manufacturing (1,100). This stable blue-collar and healthcare workforce sustains consistent residential roofing demand. Older commercial and industrial stock from the post-WWII Schilling Air Force Base era adds a recurring replacement and maintenance pipeline for local contractors.
Roofing companies in Salina's county
- 4roofing establishments with paid employees
- 75%have fewer than 5 employees
75% of the county's roofing firms have under 5 staff, 11 points above the 190-city median of 64%.
Source: Census CBP, 2023On PickARoofer: 20 roofing contractors listed in Salina. See them
License and permit in Kansas
Salina roofers: No statewide roofing license.
Permit: Salina's building office. General information, not legal advice.
Source: verification methodAreas PickARoofer contractors serve in Salina
- Downtown Salina
- South Heights
- College View
- University Place
- Westview
ZIP codes: 67401, 67402, 67403, 67404, 67405.
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Saline County fact sheet for Salina homeowners
Federal disaster declarations and your state's claim deadlines for the county, from public records.
Federal disaster declarations naming Saline County
Since 2014 FEMA has named Saline County 6 times, split 6 storm-type, 0 flood, 0 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts in Saline County 36 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 12 of 12 full years. The latest in Saline County was 14 days ago.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · data as of declarations since 2014More for Salina
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