How Much Does a New Roof Cost in Oregon in 2026
Nationally, the Remodeling 2025 Cost vs. Value Report (www.costvsvalue.com) prices an asphalt-shingle reroof at $31,871. Oregon roofers earned a mean $29.57 an hour in May 2025, against $27.95 for the U.S. Anyone who bids on your house needs a Construction Contractors Board license with a residential endorsement.
How far a national average gets an Oregon homeowner
The report’s 2025 national averages cover two roofing projects. Asphalt shingles: job cost $31,871, resale value $21,501, “Cost Recouped: 68%.” Metal: $51,865 to do, $25,972 at resale, 50% recouped. Each is one defined project averaged over the report’s 119 sample markets nationwide, not an Oregon figure. The captured pages leave out the project’s roof area and material grade.
© 2025 Zonda Media, a Delaware Corporation. Complete data from the Remodeling 2025 Cost vs. Value Report can be downloaded free at www.costvsvalue.com.
Oregon roofer pay against the national figure
The Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey (OEWS, May 2025) shows 3,430 roofers on Oregon payrolls. Their mean was $29.57 an hour ($61,510 a year) and their median $28.35. The U.S. figures were $27.95 and $26.65. The survey covers wage and salary employees and leaves out self-employed roofers. A wage is not a job price.
CCB license and endorsement: ORS 701.021 and 701.081
Under ORS 701.021(1), a person who “undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor must have a current license issued by the Construction Contractors Board.” Work on a residential structure also needs one of the nine endorsements listed in subsection (2). ORS 701.081, last amended by Oregon Laws 2023, ch. 254, attaches a bond and an insurance floor to each. Three of them:
| Endorsement | Surety bond | General liability insurance, at least |
|---|---|---|
| Residential general contractor | $25,000 | $500,000 |
| Residential specialty contractor | $20,000 | $300,000 |
| Residential limited contractor | $15,000 | $100,000 |
Check the number on the Board’s contractor license search; the Board recommends searching by CCB license number.
ORS 701.010 exempts twenty categories of people from licensure. Among them:
- A person working on property that person owns, or on his or her own residence. This does not cover work “performed in the pursuit of an independent business with the intent of offering the structure for sale before, upon or after completion.”
- Work on one structure where all of that person’s contracts total less than $1,000 and the work “is of a casual, minor or inconsequential nature.” Anyone who advertises or puts out a sign or card suggesting he or she is a contractor loses this exemption.
Paper and cooling-off rules
ORS 701.305(1) bars a contractor from working on a residential structure without a written contract “if the aggregate contract price exceeds $2,000.” A job that grows past $2,000 needs a written contract “not later than five days after” the contractor knows or should know. A missing contract “will not void the contract.”
When a seller solicits in person and you sign somewhere other than the seller’s place of business, such as your home, it is a “home solicitation sale,” even if you invited the seller. ORS 83.720 lets you cancel until 12 midnight of the third business day after you sign, or after you pay by cash or check. Weekends and legal holidays are not business days (ORS 83.710(1)(c)). Send written notice to the address in the agreement; a mailed notice counts once deposited, properly addressed and stamped.
The section’s own exception is an emergency waiver, and all of these must be true: you contacted the seller first; in your own separate signed writing you asked for work without delay because of an emergency, described it, and expressly waived the right; the seller in good faith made a substantial beginning of performance before your notice; and any goods cannot be returned in substantially as good condition.
ORS 83.710(2) excludes: sales on a preexisting revolving charge account unless made at your residence; activities of a financial institution as defined in 15 U.S.C. 6827; a written contract to sell or lease a house or business property, or to build a new one; sales following prior negotiations at the seller’s fixed business location; cash or check sales under $25; insurance, farm equipment or motor vehicles; arts and crafts at a fair; events governed by ORS chapter 565; and a visit you requested to repair or maintain your personal property, unless the seller also sells you goods or services beyond the needed replacement parts.
Code: the 2023 Oregon Residential Specialty Code
The Building Codes Division’s 2023 ORSC is based on the 2021 International Residential Code. Its construction chapters took effect Oct. 1, 2023 and became mandatory April 1, 2024. ORSC Section R327 wildfire standards bind only where adopted locally; the Division lists Ashland, Deschutes County, Grants Pass and Sisters, where R327 covers new one- and two-family dwellings and certain new accessory structures in locally designated wildfire hazard zones. For replacing exterior elements of an existing home, the Division says the measures “may be voluntarily followed.”
Oregon insurance law that touches a roof
If a homeowner policy pays full replacement cost only after you repair, ORS 742.270 requires the insurer, subject to policy limits, to allow at least 12 months from its first payment toward cash value. For a primary dwelling it is 24 months when the loss was directly related to a state of emergency declared under ORS 401.165 at that location, or to a fire under an ORS 476.510 to 476.610 order. Since Jan. 1, 2024 (Oregon Laws 2023, ch. 67), ORS 742.277 makes an insurer that cancels, non-renews or raises a premium over wildfire risk describe mitigation actions you could take, “if there are any.” “Hardening a building” is one of the statute’s examples.
Related reading: storm damage roof repair, the Oregon home inspection cost guide, and Washington’s roofing rules.
Oregon roof FAQ
Will my roofing bid include sales tax?
No state sales tax applies. The Department of Revenue says Oregon “doesn’t have a general sales or use/transaction tax.”
I signed with a door-to-door roofer last night. What now?
Give the seller written cancellation before 12 midnight of the third business day (ORS 83.720). That holds unless the emergency waiver or an ORS 83.710(2) exclusion applies.
My insurer paid actual cash value first. How long do I have to replace the roof?
At least 12 months from that first payment, if the policy makes repair a condition of full replacement cost (ORS 742.270). Unavoidable delays met in good faith add six-month extensions, up to 24 months in total; the emergency and fire track runs 24 months, extendable to 36.