Costs

Construction Cost Index History

HOW ENR BUILDS THE INDEX: 200 hours of common labor at the 20-city average of common labor rates, plus 25 cwt of standard structural steel shapes at the mill price prior to 1996 and the fabricated 20-city price from 1996, plus 1.128 tons of portland cement at the 20-city price, plus 1,088 board ft of 2 x 4 lumber at the 20-city price.

ENR's Construction Cost Index History (1908-2010)
1913=100 * Revised	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANNUAL AVERAGE
1990	4680	4685	4691	4693	4707	4732	4734	4752	4774	4771	4787	4777	4732
1991	4777	4773	4772	4766	4801	4818	4854	4892	4891	4892	4896	4889	4835
1992	4888	4884	4927	4946	4965	4973	4992	5032	5042	5052	5058	5059	4985
1993	5071	5070	5106	5167	5262	5260	5252	5230	5255	5264	5278	5310	5210
1994	5336	5371	5381	5405	5405	5408	5409	5424	5437	5437	5439	5439	5408
1995	5443	5444	5435	5432	5433	5432	5484	5506	5491	5511	5519	5524	5471
1996	5523	5532	5537	5550	5572	5597	5617	5652	5683	5719	5740	5744	5620
1997	5765	5769	5759	5799	5837	5860	5863	5854	5851	5848	5838	5858	5826
1998	5852	5874	5875	5883	5881	5895	5921	5929	5963	5986	5995	5991	5920
1999	6000	5992	5986	6008	6006	6039	6076	6091	6128	6134	6127	6127	6059
1913=100	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANNUAL AVERAGE
2000	6130	6160	6202	6201	6233	6238	6225	6233	6224	6259	6266	6283	6221
2001	6281	6272	6279	6286	6288	6318	6404	6389	6391	6397	6410	6390	6343
2002	6462	6462	6502	6480	6512	6532	6605	6592	6589	6579	6578	6563	6538
2003	6581	6640	6627	6635	6642	6694	6695	6733	6741	6771	6794	6782	6694
2004	6825	6862	6957	7017	7065	7109	7126	7188	7298	7314	7312	7308	7115
2005	7297	7298	7309	7355	7398	7415	7422	7479	7540r	7563	7630	7647	7446
2006	7660	7689	7692	7695	7691	7700	7721	7722	7763	7883	7911	7888	7751
2007	7880	7880	7856	7865	7942	7939	7959	8007	8050	8045	8092	8089	7966
2008	8090	8094	8109	8112*	8141	8185	8293	8362	8557	8623	8602	8551	8310
2009	8549	8533	8534	8528	8574	8578	8566	8564	8586	8596	8592	8641	8570
2010	8660	8672	8671	8677	8761	8805	8865	8858	8836	8921	8951	8952

ANNUAL AVERAGE
1908	97	1931	181	1954	628	1977	2576
1909	91	1932	157	1955	660	1978	2776
1910	96	1933	170	1956	692	1979	3003
1911	93	1934	198	1957	724	1980	3237
1912	91	1935	196	1958	759	1981	3535
1913	100	1936	206	1959	797	1982	3825
1914	89	1937	235	1960	824	1983	4066
1915	93	1938	236	1961	847	1984	4146
1916	130	1939	236	1962	872	1985	4195
1917	181	1940	242	1963	901	1986	4295
1918	189	1941	258	1964	936	1987	4406
1919	198	1942	276	1965	971	1988	4519
1920	251	1943	290	1966	1019	1989	4615
1921	202	1944	299	1967	1074
1922	174	1945	308	1968	1155
1923	214	1946	346	1969	1269
1924	215	1947	413	1970	1381
1925	207	1948	461	1971	1581
1926	208	1949	477	1972	1753
1927	206	1950	510	1973	1895
1928	207	1951	543	1974	2020
1929	207	1952	569	1975	2212
1930	203	1953	600	1976	2401

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