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Roof replacement cost per square in San Antonio

Best Roofers Ranked puts architectural shingle at $450 to $700 per roofing square installed in San Antonio, from 7 published local price pages read August 25, 2026. The table below also gives the San Antonio rates for 3-tab asphalt shingle, standing seam metal, exposed-fastener metal panel, concrete or clay tile and one layer of tear-off, each with its source pages.

A roofing square is 100 square feet of roof surface, and each San Antonio rate below is a range taken from published San Antonio price pages.

Built from this site's own records, newest read November 1, 2026.

Installed cost per square, by material

Rates gathered 2026-08-25 from published price pages of San Antonio roofing companies and the City of San Antonio fee schedule. Each range is the overlap of at least two separate local sources unless noted otherwise. Refreshed at least twice a year.

MaterialPer square, installedSources
Architectural asphalt shingle$450 to $700S1, S2, S3, S8, S21, S22, S30
3-tab asphalt shingle$350 to $500S1, S8, S21, S22
Standing seam metal$1,000 to $1,600S9, S10, S12, S15
Exposed-fastener metal panel$500 to $900S9, S11, S13, S16b
Concrete or clay tile$1,100 to $2,000S9, S17, S18, S19, S20

What does a roof cost by size?

Each San Antonio cell is the number of roofing squares times the architectural shingle low or high rate above ($450 and $700 per square), before tear-off. The San Antonio price pages give a range, not a median, so the table shows the low and the high.

Roofing squaresRoof surface (sq ft)At the low rateAt the high rate
151,500$6,750$10,500
202,000$9,000$14,000
252,500$11,250$17,500
303,000$13,500$21,000
353,500$15,750$24,500

Source: San Antonio rates read August 25, 2026 from published price pages (S1, S2, S3, S8, S21, S22, S30). The San Antonio rates are not preliminary and are refreshed at least twice a year.

What that means for one house

A 2,000 square foot San Antonio footprint at a medium pitch (6 in 12, multiplier 1.118) carries about 22.4 squares. At the San Antonio architectural shingle range that is $10,062 to $15,652 before tear-off, and one layer of tear-off adds $2,236 to $6,708 at $100 to $300 per square.

Steeper pitch raises the San Antonio square count, not the per-square rate: the multiplier is 1.031 at 3 in 12 and 1.414 at 12 in 12.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Roof replacement cost per square in San Antonio
Architectural shingle runs $450 to $700 per roofing square installed in San Antonio, and standing seam metal $1,000 to $1,600, from published San Antonio price pages read August 25, 2026.
What is a roofing square?
One hundred square feet of roof surface. A San Antonio roof surface is larger than the house footprint by the pitch multiplier, 1.118 at a 6 in 12 pitch.
Is tear-off included in the per-square price?
Not in the San Antonio ranges above. One layer of tear-off is priced separately at $100 to $300 per square, and an estimate should show it as its own line.
How old are these rates?
The San Antonio rates were read August 25, 2026, they are refreshed at least twice a year, and each San Antonio source above carries its own page.

Where these figures come from

How San Antonio Compares With The Other Texas Metros

On this roof cost per square page, San Antonio is placed against the other Texas metros on two public figures. San Antonio has no usable declared permit valuation, so it takes no rank on that column. Insurers paid $594 in Wind losses per policy in Bexar County in 2025, the 3rd highest of 4 among the 4 metros.

MetroPermit valuation medianRankWind loss per policy, 2025Rank
San Antonio (this page)Not sourcedNot ranked$5943 of 4
Dallas-Fort Worth$12,1982 of 2$8852 of 4
HoustonNot sourcedNot ranked$4904 of 4
Austin$23,1501 of 2$8971 of 4

Source for the San Antonio permit column on this roof cost per square page: no city file for San Antonio holds a usable valuation, so the column says Not sourced. Source for the San Antonio Wind column on this roof cost per square page: Texas Department of Insurance homeowners losses by county, Bexar County, 2025, file read October 10, 2026. Neither San Antonio column on this roof cost per square page is preliminary, because the cities publish issued permits and the Department marks no year preliminary. In the San Antonio rows of this roof cost per square page, rank 1 is the highest figure, and a permit value is declared by the applicant, so it is not a price.

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Sources: Where Was This Data Read?

This page cites 19 sources on 13 domains, each dated with the day we read it.

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