How much does roof replacement cost in Cambridge? The usual roofing job filed with Cambridge is $18,000, from 765 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $14,800 and $24,129. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual roofing job filed with Cambridge is $18,000, from 765 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $14,800 and $24,129. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A roofing permit here usually takes 17 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 765 priced permits across 353 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cambridge roofing permits were filed between $11,100 and $28,900.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $6,900 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $11,100 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $18,000 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $28,900 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $53,100 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: City of Cambridge FY2026 assessed values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $1,596,400 | $11,968 | 113 | 162 |
| Middle third | $1,596,400–$2,433,400 | $15,250 | 113 | 390 |
| Upper third | $2,454,600 and up | $18,100 | 114 | 192 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RB Farina Roofing | 109 | 32 | $15,250 | $9,780–$23,015 | 97.1% |
| FRS Roofing Inc | 36 | 25 | $13,749 | $8,149–$33,834 | 90.9% |
| G.F. Sprague | 35 | 11 | $12,893 | $7,519–$27,757 | 91.2% |
| Ranch Roofing Inc | 27 | 10 | $21,880 | $17,905–$26,698 | 93.0% |
| O'Lyn Contractors | 15 | 5 | $28,700 | $19,865–$50,662 | 83.1% |
| FRS Company Inc | 19 | 4 | $11,968 | $7,249–$24,224 | 97.3% |
| Can Roof Construction | 6 | 3 | $24,129 | $22,347–$29,250 | — |
| JP Carroll Roofing | 5 | 3 | $29,058 | $27,752–$34,021 | — |
| Howard Construction Inc | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Golden Group Construction Corp | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Cambridge, 1 in 10 roofing filed values sit under $6,900, the middle half between $11,100 and $28,900, and 1 in 10 over $53,100.
Cambridge files the fewest roofing permits in January (53 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (127). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Cambridge →
Source: City of Cambridge Inspectional Services permits (the city's per-type open-data permit files). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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