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Plumbing Work Cost in Sacramento County (unincorporated), CA: what the permits say

How much does plumbing work cost in Sacramento County? The usual plumbing & sewer job filed with Sacramento County is $9,000, from 1,498 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $6,500 and $11,900. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$9,000usual filed value
$6,500–$11,900middle half of firms' usual jobs
1,498priced permits (100% of 1,506)
175firms on file
8days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does plumbing work cost in Sacramento County?

The usual plumbing & sewer job filed with Sacramento County is $9,000, from 1,498 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $6,500 and $11,900. 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 & sewer permit here usually takes 8 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,498 priced permits across 174 firms, pooled into one. Half of Sacramento County (unincorporated) plumbing & sewer permits were filed between $5,200 and $15,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$3,2001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$5,2001 in 4 filed below
50th$9,000the middle permit
75th$15,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$22,2001 in 10 filed above

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

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.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
General Drainworks Inc269106$5,000$3,500–$5,80090.4%
Bell Brother's Heating and Air Inc21789$15,438$11,193–$20,07892.5%
Bonney Plumbing LLC23163$14,900$9,900–$20,19394.1%
Sewer & Drain Champion6836$2,500$1,000–$4,50088.5%
Sierra Pacific Home & Comfort Inc5221$8,425$8,338–$8,92576.4%
On-Time Air Conditioning & Heating LLC2821$19,733$12,064–$26,5005 of 7
Honest Sewer & Drain LLC4120$10,410$7,975–$14,12583.4%
Rotoco LLC5318$6,100$4,500–$11,80098.8%
Bud's Plumbing and Heating LLC1813$16,350$11,638–$22,1194 of 5
Wise Monkey Repipe and Construction2111$10,000$10,000–$12,00090.1%

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $10,410; the 151 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $8,000.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 plumbing & sewer permits is filed under $3,200 and 1 in 10 over $22,200, 7 times as much.
  • 99.5% of the 1,506 permits carry a value; the 8 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,498 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Sacramento County (unincorporated), 1 in 10 plumbing & sewer filed values sit under $3,200, the middle half between $5,200 and $15,000, and 1 in 10 over $22,200.

  • $28,900Above $22,200: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Sacramento County (unincorporated).
  • $9,000Right at the usual $9,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $2,200Below $3,200: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule plumbing work in Sacramento County

Sacramento County files the fewest plumbing & sewer permits in December (76 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (128). 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 Sacramento County →

How these numbers are made

Source: Sacramento County building permits on single-family, duplex and townhouse homes in the unincorporated county (the County's Accela permit layer). 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 Sacramento County (unincorporated) →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a plumbing & sewer job in Sacramento County (unincorporated)?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Sacramento County (unincorporated) plumbing & sewer firms usually file between $6,500 and $11,900 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.8 times apart and both be normal for Sacramento County (unincorporated). A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for plumbing & sewer jobs in Sacramento County (unincorporated)?Half of permits were filed between $5,200 and $15,000; 8 in 10 between $3,200 and $22,200. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do plumbers charge in Sacramento County?The usual plumbing & sewer job is filed at $9,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $6,500 and $11,900. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $10,410, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • How much is the plumbing & sewer permit fee in Sacramento County?Sacramento County sets permit fees in Sacramento County Code chapter 16.90, Construction Permit Fees (read October 2026). The chapter sets the fee schedule (last amended May 2026); it names no flat fee per trade, so we don't compute one. Ask the permit office for the fee on a job filed at about $9,000, the usual plumbing & sewer value here.
  • How many plumbing & sewer firms work in Sacramento County (unincorporated)?175 firms appear on the file; 87 pulled at least one permit in the last 12 months.
  • Where does this data come from?Sacramento County building permits on single-family, duplex and townhouse homes in the unincorporated county (the County's Accela permit layer), read October 2026. How the records work in Sacramento County (unincorporated) →

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