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Current Costs

ENR's most recent Construction Cost Index, Building Cost Index, Materials Cost Index, which are updated monthly. Tables include monthly and annual percent changes.

Construction Costs

The CCI annual escalation rate inched up to 2.4% in May from 2.3% in April and 2.0% in March.
20-CITY:
1913 = 100 		May 2013
Index Value 		% change
Month 		% change
Year
Construction Cost 9515.86 +0.3 +2.4
Common Labor 20185.92 +0.2 +2.5
WAGE $/HR. 38.35 +0.2 +2.5

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Building Costs

The BCI’s annual rate of inflation rose 0.3% in May, driven entirely by a 0.8% increase in the materials component.
20-CITY:
1913 = 100 		May 2013
Index Value 		% change
Month 		% change
Year
Building Cost 5271.88 +0.3 +2.0
Skilled Labor 9029.22 0.0 +2.1
WAGE $/HR. 50.11 0.0 +2.1

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Materials Costs

A 1.0% increase in lumber prices and a 0.8% hike in steel prices in May pushed the MCI up 0.8%.
20-CITY:
1913 = 100 		May 2013
Index Value 		% change
Month 		% change
Year
Materials 2976.14 +0.8 +2.0
CEMENT $/TON 109.91 0.0 +2.3
STEEL $/CWT 49.95 +0.8 -0.9
LUMBER $/MBF 434.26 +1.0 +10.5

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Labor Cost Indices
  • Skilled Labor Index

    The Skilled Labor Index is the labor component of ENR’s Building Cost Index and tracks union wages, plus fringe benefits, for carpenters, bricklayers and iron workers.

  • Common Labor Index

    The Common Labor Index is the labor component of ENR’s Construction Cost Index and tracks the union wage, plus fringe benefits, for laborers.

Cost Index History Tables

The building and construction cost indexes for ENR’s individual cities use the same components and weighting as those for the 20-city national indexes. The city indexes use local prices for portland cement and 2 X 4 lumber and the national average price for structural steel. The city’s BCI uses local union wages, plus fringes, for carpenters, bricklayers and iron workers. The city’s CCI uses the same union wages for laborers.

ENR Cost Indexes in 20 Cities 1978-2012
  Atlanta, GA   Baltimore, MD   Birmingham, AL   Boston, MA
  Chicago, IL   Cincinnati, OH   Cleveland, OH   Dallas, TX
  Denver, CO   Detroit, MI   Kansas City, MO   Los Angeles, CA
  Minneapolis, MN   New Orleans, LA   New York, NY   Philadelphia, PA
  Pittsburgh, PA   San Francisco, CA   Seattle, WA   St. Louis, MO
ENR Cost Indexes in Canadian Cities 1978-2012
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