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Manchester · Hillsborough County · labor +1.2%
Deck building cost in Manchester, NH
A 320 sq ft deck in pressure-treated pine deck comes to about $8,050 to $16,100 in Manchester once the national installed price is adjusted for what carpenters earn locally. The city's fee schedule has no separate line for it, but its general residential rate puts the permit at $120.63 for a job at the midpoint.
Figures checked October 20, 2026 · sources
- 1Pressure-treated, 320 sq ft $8,050–$16,100
- 2Labor index +1.2% vs US
- 3Manchester permit $120.63
Change size or material All Manchester projects
Deck building prices in Manchester by material
Each row starts from the installed price per square foot of deck published in a national cost guide, then moves only the labor part of that price by Manchester's labor index. For 320 sq ft:
| Material | National | Manchester | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure-treated pine deck | $8,000–$16,000 | $8,050–$16,100 | $12,050 |
| Cedar deck | $9,600–$15,050 | $9,650–$15,100 | $12,400 |
| Composite deck | $12,800–$25,600 | $12,850–$25,700 | $19,250 |
By size
| Deck area (sq ft) | Manchester estimate | Permit at midpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 144 sq ft | $3,600–$7,250 | $54.29 |
| 240 sq ft | $6,050–$12,050 | $90.48 |
| 320 sq ft | $8,050–$16,100 | $120.63 |
| 400 sq ft | $10,050–$20,100 | $150.79 |
Pressure-treated pine deck.
Permit fee in Manchester
General rate The fee schedule has no separate line for this work; the town's general residential building-permit rate is shown as what it would charge if the building department requires a permit for it.
“For all other new buildings and structures, and additions to existing buildings and structures, the permit fee shall be the estimated cost of the work multiplied by .010.”
“a minimum permit fee of $30.00 for all permits requiring inspections.”
Applied to a 320 sq ft deck estimated at $8,050 to $16,100, that gives $80.42 to $160.85, about 1% of the midpoint price. Among the 17 towns on this site whose schedules cover this work, Manchester ranks 7 from the cheapest; Goffstown is lowest at $40 and Merrimack highest at $252.60 for its own midpoint job.
Schedule: Building Code of the City of Manchester, Sec. 109.8 Fee Schedule; Heating Permit application (adopted July 6, 2021). The building department decides whether a permit is required and what valuation it accepts; the national guide puts deck permits at $50–$150.
Why Manchester differs from the national price
Manchester is in Hillsborough County, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metropolitan area. The median wage there for carpenters is $29.47 an hour against $29.12 nationally, so the labor part of a national price is scaled by 1.012 (+1.2%).
On this job the labor portion is $3,500 to $7,050 at national rates and $3,550 to $7,100 at Manchester rates, so the midpoint rises $60 above the national figure. Against the New Hampshire statewide wage it is $10 higher. Materials are priced at the national figure: shingle, lumber and equipment prices are set by distributors, not by a town.
A second published benchmark points the same way for the region: Remodeling's 2025 Cost vs Value report prices its “Deck Addition, Wood” job at $18,250 nationally and $20,600 in New England, and its “Deck Addition, Composite” job at $25,100 nationally and $25,800 in New England. Those are fixed specification jobs, not per-square-foot prices, so they are shown for comparison only.
Manchester at a glance
Manchester had 117,556 residents in the state's 2025 estimate, up 7.3% from 109,565 in 2010, about the same pace as New Hampshire as a whole (7.5%). At 3,587 people per square mile it is one of the most built-up places on this site (1 of 19 by density), so crews often work on tight lots with neighbours close by.
48.7% of Manchester's occupied homes are lived in by their owners, fewer than the 72.8% statewide, and the median owner-occupied home is valued at $365,600 (New Hampshire: $402,500). The midpoint estimate for this deck works out to 3.3% of that median value.
Before asking for quotes
- The Manchester building department can say for free whether this job needs a permit and what it will cost; the schedule linked above is its own published document.
- Written quotes that list the same scope (area, material line, removal, disposal, permit) can be compared line by line; the quote comparison guide walks through it with these numbers.
- A quote far below $8,050 or above $16,100 is not wrong in itself, but it is worth asking what it includes or leaves out.
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Deck building in nearby towns
| Town | Labor area | Estimate | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goffstown | Manchester-Nashua | $8,050–$16,100 | $40 |
| Merrimack | Manchester-Nashua | $8,050–$16,100 | $252.60 |
| New Ipswich | Manchester-Nashua | $8,050–$16,100 | $64 |
| Barnstead | Central NH | $8,050–$16,100 | $50 |
| Conway | Northern NH | $8,050–$16,100 | $219 |
More: all deck building town pages · permit fees by town · labor costs in New Hampshire
Sources
- Installed price: HomeGuide: Cost to build a deck (Feb 10, 2026) — “Pressure-treated pine $25 – $50 (installed, per sq ft)”.
- Labor portion: HomeGuide: Cost to build a deck (Feb 10, 2026) — “The labor cost to build a new deck is $11 to $22 per square foot.”.
- Labor index: O*NET OnLine, Carpenters (47-2031.00), New Hampshire local wages; area definitions: BLS, May 2025 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions.
- Permit: Building Code of the City of Manchester, Sec. 109.8 Fee Schedule; Heating Permit application.
- Population: NH Office of Planning and Development, 2025 Population Estimates of New Hampshire Cities and Towns (published July 17, 2026); housing: Census QuickFacts, Manchester.
All figures checked October 20, 2026. Estimates are ranges built from published averages, not quotes; a contractor's price depends on the house, access, the season and the scope written into the quote. Cost by Town does not perform or arrange work.