How many quotes should I get for a plumbing job in Saint Paul?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Saint Paul plumbing firms usually file between $2,000 and $4,800 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.4 times apart and both be normal for Saint Paul. 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 jobs in Saint Paul?

Half of permits were filed between $1,200 and $5,200; 8 in 10 between $500 and $10,100. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do plumbers charge in Saint Paul?

The usual plumbing job is filed at $2,500; the middle half of firms usually file between $2,000 and $4,800. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $2,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $4,500, the lower third $2,000. That is firms, not single jobs.

Plumbing Work Cost in Saint Paul, MN: Usual $2,500 (2026)

How much does plumbing work cost in Saint Paul?

The usual plumbing job filed with Saint Paul is $2,500, from 9,219 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $2,000 and $4,800. 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 126 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 9,219 priced permits across 462 firms, pooled into one. Half of Saint Paul plumbing permits were filed between $1,200 and $5,200.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$500	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$1,200	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$2,600	the middle permit
75th	$5,200	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$10,100	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

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: Ramsey County parcel values (2025).

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $276,300	$2,000	153	2,783
Middle third	$276,300–$371,350	$2,526	153	4,457
Upper third	$371,700 and up	$4,500	154	1,994

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.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Bonfes Plbg & Htg Inc	659	272	$4,700	$3,900–$8,000	79.0%
MN Plumbing & Home Services Inc	640	232	$500	$500	63.6%
MSP Plumbing Heating and Air	177	165	$3,200	$2,800–$5,180	75.9%
Dean's Professional Plumbing Inc dba Dean's Home Services	265	136	$1,000	$1,000–$2,000	69.0%
Champion Plumbing LLC	334	119	$1,200	$1,200	88.3%
Acs Logistics Holdings LLC	117	117	$300	$300	—
Metro Heating and Cooling LLC	235	100	$2,000	$2,000	68.6%
Kelly Plumbing & Heating	188	96	$2,200	$2,000–$3,050	96.0%
Hero Home Services dba Hero Plumbing Heating & Cooling	243	82	$4,982	$3,346–$7,232	87.4%
Fireside Hearth & Home	208	69	$6,559	$5,767–$7,116	91.9%

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $2,000; the 316 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $3,193.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $371,700 and up) usually file $4,500, against $2,000 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 plumbing permits is filed under $500 and 1 in 10 over $10,100, 20 times as much.
99.8% of the 9,237 permits carry a value; the 18 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 9,219 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Saint Paul, 1 in 10 plumbing filed values sit under $500, the middle half between $1,200 and $5,200, and 1 in 10 over $10,100.

$13,100Above $10,100: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Saint Paul.
$2,500Right at the usual $2,500: in the middle of the file.
$350Below $500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule plumbing work in Saint Paul

Saint Paul files the fewest plumbing permits in August (64 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (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 Saint Paul →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Saint Paul building and trade permits (the City's old approved-permits file up to June 2025, and the City's PAULIE permit system since September 2025), with the contractor named on each permit. 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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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a plumbing job in Saint Paul?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Saint Paul plumbing firms usually file between $2,000 and $4,800 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.4 times apart and both be normal for Saint Paul. 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 jobs in Saint Paul?Half of permits were filed between $1,200 and $5,200; 8 in 10 between $500 and $10,100. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do plumbers charge in Saint Paul?The usual plumbing job is filed at $2,500; the middle half of firms usually file between $2,000 and $4,800. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $2,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $4,500, the lower third $2,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City of Saint Paul building and trade permits (the City's old approved-permits file up to June 2025, and the City's PAULIE permit system since September 2025), with the contractor named on each permit, read October 2026. How the records work in Saint Paul →

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Plumbing Work Cost in Saint Paul, MN: what the permits say