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Stucco & Plaster Cost in Saint Paul, MN: what the permits say

How much does a stucco & plaster job cost in Saint Paul? The usual stucco & plaster job filed with Saint Paul is $5,100, from 232 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $3,500 and $8,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$5,100usual filed value
$3,500–$8,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
232priced permits (98% of 236)
52firms on file
159days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does a stucco & plaster job cost in Saint Paul?

The usual stucco & plaster job filed with Saint Paul is $5,100, from 232 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $3,500 and $8,000. 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 stucco & plaster permit here usually takes 159 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 232 priced permits across 51 firms, pooled into one. Half of Saint Paul stucco & plaster permits were filed between $2,600 and $13,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$1,4001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$2,6001 in 4 filed below
50th$5,600the middle permit
75th$13,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$24,9001 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 onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $431,400$2,0001637
Middle third$431,400–$522,400$7,5001681
Upper third$551,200 and up$3,74016114

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; 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.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Think Stucco LLC449$3,740$1,723–$8,73059.3%
Stephen P Donnelly Co., Inc98$5,000$2,800–$6,500—
Smith Cole Stucco and Stone257$5,450$3,850–$12,00063.4%
Donnelly Stucco & Exteriors255$18,000$9,500–$26,17580.1%
Ben Quie & Sons LLC32———
Blueline Coatings LLC32———
W.E. Nelson Stucco & Exteriors, Inc.32———
Innovative Stucco Inc22———
Minneapolis Garage Builders22———
Trepanier Stucco81$4,600$4,425–$5,1004 of 7

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $5,000; the 46 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $6,500.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $551,200 and up) usually file $3,740, against $2,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 stucco & plaster permits is filed under $1,400 and 1 in 10 over $24,900, 18 times as much.
  • 98.3% of the 236 permits carry a value; the 4 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 232 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Saint Paul, 1 in 10 stucco & plaster filed values sit under $1,400, the middle half between $2,600 and $13,000, and 1 in 10 over $24,900.

  • $32,400Above $24,900: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Saint Paul.
  • $5,100Right at the usual $5,100: in the middle of the file.
  • $980Below $1,400: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule stucco work in Saint Paul

Saint Paul files the fewest stucco & plaster permits in January (15 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (198). 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.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Saint Paul →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a stucco & plaster job in Saint Paul?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Saint Paul stucco & plaster firms usually file between $3,500 and $8,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.3 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 stucco & plaster jobs in Saint Paul?Half of permits were filed between $2,600 and $13,000; 8 in 10 between $1,400 and $24,900. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do stucco contractors charge in Saint Paul?The usual stucco & plaster job is filed at $5,100; the middle half of firms usually file between $3,500 and $8,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $5,000, about the same as 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 $3,740, 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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