- Drywall repair usually costs $250 to $740, about $480 typical.
- Patching holes, cracks and dents in a room's drywall, finished ready for paint.
What drywall repair costs
Most homeowners pay $250 to $740 for drywall repair, and $480 is a typical price. Patching holes, cracks and dents in a room's drywall, finished ready for paint.
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Low end | $250 |
| Typical | $480 |
| High end | $740 |
Sources: Fixr and HomeAdvisor, combined as shown below. Local wages shift the typical price from about $392 in Arkansas to $628 in Hawaii.
What drives the price
- Size of the damage. Nail pops and small holes are quick. A hole bigger than a fist needs a new piece of board and several coats.
- Water damage. Wet drywall has to be cut out and the leak fixed first.
- Matching texture and paint. Blending a patch into textured or painted walls often costs as much as the patch.
- Trip charge. Small jobs often carry a minimum. Fixr notes many repairs are billed by the hour.
Drywall repair cost by damage
| Damage | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nail pop | $10 to $60 | HomeAdvisor |
| Cracks and chips | $60 to $400 | HomeAdvisor |
Extra costs to plan for
| Item | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Painting and texture to blend the patch | $150 to $900 | HomeAdvisor |
Ask whether each of these is in the quote. Two bids for the same drywall repair can be far apart only because one includes them.
Drywall repair cost by state
These state figures are Koira estimates. The labor share of the national price, about 80%, moves with each state's median wage for construction and extraction workers; materials stay at the national price. Use them to sanity-check a drywall repair quote.
| State | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $211 | $404 | $623 |
| Alaska | $304 | $584 | $900 |
| Arizona | $245 | $470 | $725 |
| Arkansas | $204 | $392 | $604 |
| California | $291 | $558 | $861 |
| Colorado | $256 | $491 | $756 |
| Connecticut | $291 | $558 | $860 |
| Delaware | $249 | $479 | $738 |
| District of Columbia | $285 | $548 | $845 |
| Florida | $216 | $414 | $639 |
| Georgia | $217 | $417 | $643 |
| Hawaii | $327 | $628 | $968 |
| Idaho | $239 | $458 | $706 |
| Illinois | $321 | $616 | $949 |
| Indiana | $258 | $495 | $763 |
| Iowa | $250 | $479 | $739 |
| Kansas | $235 | $450 | $695 |
| Kentucky | $228 | $439 | $676 |
| Louisiana | $218 | $418 | $644 |
| Maine | $253 | $485 | $748 |
| Maryland | $251 | $482 | $743 |
| Massachusetts | $310 | $596 | $918 |
| Michigan | $256 | $491 | $756 |
| Minnesota | $294 | $564 | $870 |
| Mississippi | $207 | $398 | $613 |
| Missouri | $257 | $494 | $762 |
| Montana | $255 | $489 | $754 |
| Nebraska | $231 | $443 | $683 |
| Nevada | $257 | $494 | $762 |
| New Hampshire | $252 | $483 | $745 |
| New Jersey | $297 | $570 | $878 |
| New Mexico | $218 | $418 | $644 |
| New York | $286 | $550 | $848 |
| North Carolina | $216 | $415 | $639 |
| North Dakota | $255 | $490 | $756 |
| Ohio | $259 | $497 | $766 |
| Oklahoma | $213 | $410 | $631 |
| Oregon | $272 | $522 | $805 |
| Pennsylvania | $253 | $486 | $750 |
| Rhode Island | $262 | $503 | $775 |
| South Carolina | $216 | $416 | $641 |
| South Dakota | $218 | $419 | $646 |
| Tennessee | $220 | $422 | $650 |
| Texas | $215 | $413 | $637 |
| Utah | $242 | $465 | $716 |
| Vermont | $251 | $481 | $742 |
| Virginia | $240 | $460 | $709 |
| Washington | $304 | $583 | $899 |
| West Virginia | $244 | $468 | $721 |
| Wisconsin | $264 | $506 | $781 |
| Wyoming | $251 | $481 | $742 |
Cities inside a state can run well above or below the state figure.
How we got these numbers
| Guide | Range | Average | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixr | $200 to $550 | $350 | Counted |
| HomeAdvisor | $296 to $930 | $613 | Counted |
How the drywall repair range is combined: low end from the middle of the guides' lows, high end from the middle of their highs, typical from the middle of their averages (a range's midpoint where no average is given). Figures read on each guide's page on October 9, 2026.
Labor share used: 80%. Patching is mostly time and skill with little material. Koira's assumption. State factor: the state's median hourly wage for construction and extraction workers over the national $28.63 (BLS, May 2025), kept between 0.7 and 1.4.
For contractors: price this job in Koira
Wall and ceiling work is mostly labor, so price it from your own hourly cost and show the square or linear feet on the estimate.
Koira's free Office plan turns a drywall repair quote into a clean estimate the customer approves on their phone, then into an invoice they can pay. Price this job in Koira, free.
Sources: Fixr, drywall repair cost; HomeAdvisor, drywall repair cost; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (state and national files). Prices checked October 9, 2026. More for your trade: how the trade runs on Koira.