How much does plumbing work cost in Cincinnati? The usual plumbing job filed with Cincinnati is $3,500, from 6,080 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $2,500 and $7,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual plumbing job filed with Cincinnati is $3,500, from 6,080 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $2,500 and $7,000. 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 plumbing permit here usually takes 90 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 6,080 priced permits across 258 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cincinnati plumbing permits were filed between $2,000 and $6,800.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $1,200 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $2,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $3,500 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $6,800 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $12,000 | 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: Hamilton County (CAGIS) parcel market values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $163,320 | $3,500 | 84 | 1,875 |
| Middle third | $163,320–$255,000 | $3,500 | 84 | 2,914 |
| Upper third | $256,985 and up | $4,500 | 85 | 1,323 |
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. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recker and Boerger | 439 | 163 | $1,498 | $1,399–$1,698 | 75.5% |
| Apollo Heating, Air Cond. & Plumbing | 509 | 159 | $3,500 | $2,645–$5,499 | 84.2% |
| Thomas & Galbraith | 138 | 119 | $4,762 | $3,400–$7,975 | 92.9% |
| Help Home Service Inc | 288 | 100 | $4,677 | $3,444–$6,785 | 80.6% |
| Zins Plumbing | 233 | 93 | $2,500 | $1,890–$5,000 | 92.7% |
| People Working Cooperatively | 323 | 87 | $2,500 | $2,500–$2,550 | 82.9% |
| Kramer Plumbing Inc | 131 | 68 | $4,500 | $2,500–$5,000 | 97.5% |
| West Shore Home LLC | 158 | 48 | $10,000 | $8,000–$12,000 | 97.7% |
| Schneller Heating & Air | 131 | 45 | $6,156 | $3,760–$7,157 | 76.2% |
| Barth Brothers Enterprises LLC | 45 | 45 | $1,991 | $1,786–$2,000 | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Cincinnati, 1 in 10 plumbing filed values sit under $1,200, the middle half between $2,000 and $6,800, and 1 in 10 over $12,000.
Cincinnati files the fewest plumbing permits in September (78 against an average month of 100) and the most in August (125). 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 Cincinnati →
Source: City of Cincinnati building permits (residential, Residential Code of Ohio). 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.
Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Cincinnati →
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