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  # 🏠 Shingle Geek
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- **Independent roofing cost transparency for American homeowners.**
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- We publish open-source, city-level roofing cost data to expose the hidden markup structure in the residential roofing industry. Our pricing engine analyzes localized material costs, labor rates, and permit fees across **425+ US markets** in all **50 states**.
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  ## 📊 Datasets
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- | Dataset | Records | Updated |
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- | [US Roofing Cost Index 2026](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ShingleGeek/roofing-cost-index) | 425+ cities | Weekly |
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- ## 🔍 What We Expose
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- - **Material costs** — Real wholesale pricing for GAF, Owens Corning, and CertainTeed
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- - **Labor rates** — Prevailing wage data across all 50 states
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- - **The 30% markup** — Side-by-side fair vs. sales company pricing
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  ## 🔗 Links
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  - 🌐 **Website:** [shinglegeek.com](https://www.shinglegeek.com)
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- - 📈 **Live Data:** [425+ city cost pages](https://www.shinglegeek.com/cost/houston-tx)
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- *Licensed under CC BY 4.0*
 
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  # 🏠 Shingle Geek
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+ **See what your roof actually costs — before the sales company markup.**
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+ We publish open-source roofing cost data across **425+ US cities** so homeowners can compare real contractor pricing against inflated sales quotes. Every data point is sourced from localized material costs, prevailing labor rates, and municipal permit fees.
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  ## 📊 Datasets
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+ | Dataset | Coverage | Updated |
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+ | [US Roofing Cost Index 2026](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ShingleGeek/roofing-cost-index) | 425+ cities · 50 states | Weekly |
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+ ## 🔍 What's In The Data
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+ - **Fair contractor estimates** — What a licensed roofer actually charges for materials + labor
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+ - **Sales company pricing** — What homeowners typically get quoted after the sales markup
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+ - **City-level breakdowns** — Material, labor, tear-off, and permit costs by market
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  ## 🔗 Links
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  - 🌐 **Website:** [shinglegeek.com](https://www.shinglegeek.com)
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+ - 📈 **Browse by city:** [shinglegeek.com/cost/houston-tx](https://www.shinglegeek.com/cost/houston-tx)
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+ *Licensed under CC BY 4.0*