Free monthly data · August 2026

Construction material prices

How the materials subcontractors buy are moving, month by month, from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price data. Free to read, chart and reuse.

Construction materials overall +10.1% vs. August 2025 +0.3% vs. last month
Lumber Framing lumber +24.3% vs. a year ago · −3.6% vs. last month Concrete Ready-mix concrete +2.3% vs. a year ago · +0.1% vs. last month Steel and rebar Steel mill products +23.4% vs. a year ago · +1.7% vs. last month Copper wire Copper wire and cable +27.2% vs. a year ago · +4.2% vs. last month Drywall Gypsum building materials −0.9% vs. a year ago · 0.0% vs. last month Glass and aluminum Flat glass +2.8% vs. a year ago · +0.1% vs. last month Asphalt Asphalt paving mix +10.1% vs. a year ago · +0.6% vs. last month Roofing Asphalt shingles and roll roofing +3.9% vs. a year ago · +0.5% vs. last month

Amber means prices rose over the last two years, blue means they fell. Changes are producer prices, not supplier prices.

August 2026 construction materials price report

Every material we track in one table, the biggest moves and what they mean for bids.

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Past months are in the report archive.

Want the raw numbers? Download every series (CSV), or read how the numbers are built. To turn a price into a takeoff, the free calculators do the quantities, and the free estimate templates lay out the bid.

Frequently asked questions

Where do these construction material prices come from?

From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index, the government’s monthly measure of what domestic producers receive for their goods. We pull the series for lumber, concrete, steel, copper wire, drywall, glass, asphalt and roofing each month and publish the changes, a chart and the raw data.

Are construction material prices going up?

In August 2026, the BLS index for construction materials overall rose 10.1% from August 2025 and rose 0.3% from the month before. Individual materials move very differently, which is why each one has its own page.

Is this what I will pay my supplier?

No. Producer prices come before distribution and retail markups, and supplier prices follow them with a lag. Use these pages for the trend, for how long to hold a bid price and for escalation clauses, and use your supplier’s quote for the number on the bid.

How often is this updated?

Monthly, after BLS publishes the Producer Price Index for the month before, usually in the middle of the month. The latest four months are preliminary and BLS revises them, so recent figures can change slightly.