Roofing wholesale prices ticked up slightly in April

U.S. wholesale prices of asphalt and tar roofing and siding products rose slightly in April, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. 

What’s happening: A roofing-specific ‘producer price index’ (PPI), which measures the average change over time in the selling prices domestic manufacturers receive for their products, nudged up 0.35 percent from March.

• That puts the index just 0.16 percent higher than January 2026, following an increase in February and a decline in March.  

State of play: Compared to April 2025, the reading is up 0.75 percent, per the BLS — and 31 percent over the past five years, since April 2021.

• Of note: From June 1984 to January 2000, the figure stayed effectively flat.

The big picture: Roofing PPI in April held steadier than the broader economy, which took a harder hit from inflation. 

• Overall PPI, covering a range of goods and services across industries, jumped 1.4 percent month-over-month in April — the largest monthly gain since March 2022 — with the index up six percent annually. 
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