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

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Saint Paul roofing firms usually file between $9,050 and $16,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.8 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 roofing jobs in Saint Paul?

Half of permits were filed between $8,400 and $17,800; 8 in 10 between $5,500 and $25,400. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do roofers charge in Saint Paul?

The usual roofing job is filed at $12,429; the middle half of firms usually file between $9,050 and $16,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $14,179, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why is this different from the per-square-foot prices I see online?

Online prices are quoted per square foot. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many square feet plus the work around them, and the Saint Paul file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $12,429 into a price per square foot.

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 $15,000, the lower third $12,202. That is firms, not single jobs.

Roof Replacement Cost in Saint Paul, MN: Usual $12,429 (2026)

How much does roof replacement cost in Saint Paul?

The usual roofing job filed with Saint Paul is $12,429, from 8,560 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $9,050 and $16,000. 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 roofing permit here usually takes 106 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 8,560 priced permits across 1,298 firms, pooled into one. Half of Saint Paul roofing permits were filed between $8,400 and $17,800.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$5,500	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$8,400	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$12,500	the middle permit
75th	$17,800	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$25,400	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 $262,800	$12,202	432	1,935
Middle third	$262,800–$340,900	$13,096	432	3,824
Upper third	$341,200 and up	$15,000	432	2,802

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
Sela Roofing and Remodeling	230	60	$16,000	$12,921–$22,375	79.4%
Kaufman Roofing	59	52	$16,147	$12,235–$19,040	84.2%
Summit Construction Group Inc	119	51	$9,000	$7,000–$13,500	80.6%
Pates Inc	128	45	$13,995	$11,390–$17,827	85.0%
Legacy Restoration LLC	199	44	$10,663	$7,583–$14,409	80.7%
Estate Claim Services LLC	91	36	$14,985	$11,858–$18,000	49.2%
Walker Roofing	32	27	$14,179	$9,204–$19,352	7 of 8
Red Line Contracting	53	26	$16,000	$13,000–$20,000	84.6%
Paskar Construction	30	23	$14,000	$12,000–$19,750	4 of 9
Stronghouse Solutions	23	23	$15,004	$13,178–$19,005	—

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $14,179; the 1,086 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $12,000.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $341,200 and up) usually file $15,000, against $12,202 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 roofing permits is filed under $5,500 and 1 in 10 over $25,400, 5 times as much.
99.9% of the 8,566 permits carry a value; the 6 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 8,560 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Saint Paul, 1 in 10 roofing filed values sit under $5,500, the middle half between $8,400 and $17,800, and 1 in 10 over $25,400.

$33,000Above $25,400: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Saint Paul.
$12,429Right at the usual $12,429: in the middle of the file.
$3,900Below $5,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule roofing work in Saint Paul

Saint Paul files the fewest roofing permits in January (17 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (224). 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 roofing job in Saint Paul?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Saint Paul roofing firms usually file between $9,050 and $16,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.8 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 roofing jobs in Saint Paul?Half of permits were filed between $8,400 and $17,800; 8 in 10 between $5,500 and $25,400. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do roofers charge in Saint Paul?The usual roofing job is filed at $12,429; the middle half of firms usually file between $9,050 and $16,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $14,179, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why is this different from the per-square-foot prices I see online?Online prices are quoted per square foot. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many square feet plus the work around them, and the Saint Paul file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $12,429 into a price per square foot.
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 $15,000, the lower third $12,202. 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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Roof Replacement Cost in Saint Paul, MN: what the permits say