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Windshield labor time

2.0 hrtypical
1.8 to 2.3hours on most vehicles
$300typical labor at $150/hr

Windshield takes about 2.0 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 31,020 vehicle and engine combinations from 63 makes, most fall between 1.8 and 2.3 hours, and the longest take up to 3.5 hours. Polestar, Jeep and Isuzu vehicles tend to take the longest; Smart, Mini and Studebaker the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

per hour

Enter a rate to see the labor cost of each job. Many US shops charge somewhere between $100 and $200 an hour.

At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $270 to $345, about $300 on a typical vehicle. Parts are extra.

How long it takes across all vehicles

Hours, in half hour steps. Each bar is how many vehicle and engine combinations fall in that range.

Windshield time on popular vehicles

Windshield time by make

MakeTypicalMost vehiclesVehicles
Polestar3.5 hr2.0 to 3.544
Jeep2.5 hr1.8 to 2.5735
Isuzu2.5 hr2.0 to 2.5154
Cadillac2.3 hr2.0 to 2.3687
Jaguar2.3 hr2.0 to 2.798
Mercedes-Benz2.2 hr2.0 to 2.71,804
BMW2.2 hr2.0 to 2.71,232
Audi2.2 hr2.0 to 2.3777
Porsche2.2 hr2.0 to 2.7674
Volvo2.2 hr2.0 to 2.2480
Lincoln2.2 hr2.0 to 2.3332
Land Rover2.2 hr2.0 to 2.7177
Genesis2.2 hr2.0 to 2.253
Hummer2.1 hr1.8 to 2.521
Toyota2.0 hr1.7 to 2.51,446
Volkswagen2.0 hr1.7 to 2.01,085
Nissan2.0 hr1.8 to 2.0880
Hyundai2.0 hr1.7 to 2.0699
Chrysler2.0 hr1.8 to 2.0620
Mazda2.0 hr2.0 to 2.5617
Kia2.0 hr1.7 to 2.0515
Honda2.0 hr2.0 to 2.0499
Subaru2.0 hr1.7 to 2.0472
Lexus2.0 hr2.0 to 2.3446
Mitsubishi2.0 hr1.7 to 2.0416
Fiat2.0 hr1.7 to 2.0315
Acura2.0 hr2.0 to 2.2241
Infiniti2.0 hr2.0 to 2.3238
AMC2.0 hr1.8 to 2.0166
Suzuki2.0 hr1.7 to 2.5151
Tesla2.0 hr2.0 to 2.0131
Saab2.0 hr1.7 to 2.0116
Saturn2.0 hr2.0 to 2.0108
Alfa Romeo2.0 hr2.0 to 2.287
MG2.0 hr2.0 to 2.068
Morgan2.0 hr2.0 to 2.067
Peugeot2.0 hr2.0 to 2.048
Rivian2.0 hr2.0 to 2.946
Scion2.0 hr2.0 to 3.543
Eagle2.0 hr2.0 to 2.041
Geo2.0 hr2.0 to 2.537
Daewoo2.0 hr2.0 to 2.030
Renault2.0 hr2.0 to 2.028
Lucid2.0 hr2.0 to 2.024
Opel2.0 hr2.0 to 2.020
Chevrolet1.8 hr1.8 to 2.03,208
Ford1.8 hr1.8 to 2.53,068
Dodge1.8 hr1.8 to 2.52,279
GMC1.8 hr1.8 to 2.11,547
Pontiac1.8 hr1.8 to 2.0848
Buick1.8 hr1.7 to 2.0775
Plymouth1.8 hr1.8 to 2.0702
Oldsmobile1.8 hr1.8 to 2.0557
Mercury1.8 hr1.8 to 2.0512
Ram1.8 hr1.7 to 2.0326
Studebaker1.8 hr1.8 to 2.067
Mini1.7 hr1.7 to 2.0144
Smart1.7 hr1.7 to 1.76

Other body repairs

Hours are what a professional technician takes with the right tools, the same way shops quote jobs. Figures come from the Open Labor Project database.