Roof replacement cost in Los Angeles (2026)

The typical roofing job in Los Angeles was valued at $5,400 on its city permit (middle half: $3,800 to $8,100), across 30,461 roofing jobs with city permits issued from January 2020 to May 2023. Houses (1 or 2 units) had a median of $5,200 (26,603 jobs); apartment buildings, $11,000 (3,858 jobs).

$5,400median value on the city permit, not the price you will payMiddle half: $3,800 to $8,10030,461 roofing jobs, 2020 to 2023

How the values spread

Share of roofing jobs in Los Angeles by the value on the permitMedian $5,400. Under $2,000: 2,023 jobs (7%); $2,000 to $4,000: 5,721 jobs (19%); $4,000 to $6,000: 9,057 jobs (30%); $6,000 to $8,000: 5,507 jobs (18%); $8,000 to $10,000: 2,878 jobs (9%); $10,000 to $12,000: 1,104 jobs (4%); $12,000 to $14,000: 770 jobs (3%); $14,000 to $16,000: 634 jobs (2%); $16,000 and over: 2,767 jobs (9%).7%19%30%18%9%4%3%2%9%Median $5,400$0$4k$8k$12k$16k+
Share of roofing jobs in Los Angeles by the value on the permit: 30,461 roofing jobs, from January 2020 to May 2023. The dashed line is the median; half of all jobs fall between $3,800 and $8,100.
The numbers behind the chart
Value on the permitJobsShare
Under $2,0002,0237%
$2,000 to $4,0005,72119%
$4,000 to $6,0009,05730%
$6,000 to $8,0005,50718%
$8,000 to $10,0002,8789%
$10,000 to $12,0001,1044%
$12,000 to $14,0007703%
$14,000 to $16,0006342%
$16,000 and over2,7679%

Roofing contractors with the most jobs in Los Angeles

RankContractorJobsContact
1Roof Repair Specialist
Burbank, licensed 11 years
496
Call (626) 869-7663
2Smart Roofing Inc
Valley Village, licensed 6 years
395
Call (818) 301-9755
3Trujano Roofing
Los Angeles, licensed 7 years
383
Call (323) 519-1548

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By area

AreaJobsMedianMiddle half
All of Los Angeles30,461$5,400$3,800 to $8,100
The San Fernando Valley14,787$5,600$4,200 to $7,800

By ZIP code

The 12 ZIP codes with the most roofing jobs valued on the permit (at least 20 each).

ZIP codeJobsMedianMiddle half
91344861$5,700$4,500 to $7,500
91335799$4,800$4,000 to $6,000
91342769$5,200$4,200 to $7,000
91367681$6,600$5,000 to $8,400
91406625$4,800$3,600 to $6,500
90047577$4,000$2,600 to $5,900
91343567$5,600$4,200 to $7,500
91306562$5,400$4,400 to $6,600
91364557$5,800$4,600 to $8,200
91331551$4,800$3,800 to $6,000
90042544$4,800$3,000 to $7,500
91307544$5,600$4,800 to $6,800

By year

YearJobsMedianMiddle half
20208,189$5,700$4,000 to $8,500
20218,275$5,400$4,000 to $8,100
20229,493$5,300$3,600 to $8,000
2023 (January to May)4,504$5,200$3,600 to $7,600

What the records show

  • Share of jobs in each budget range: under $10,000: 83% (25,186 of 30,461); $10,000 to $25,000: 12% (3,783 of 30,461); $25,000 to $50,000: 3% (1,034 of 30,461); over $50,000: 2% (458 of 30,461).
  • Building type: houses (1 or 2 units), median $5,200 (26,603 jobs); apartment buildings, median $11,000 (3,858 jobs).
  • The median was $5,700 in 2020 (8,189 jobs) and $5,300 in 2022 (9,493 jobs), down 7%.
  • Across the ZIP codes above, the median ran from $4,000 in 90047 to $6,600 in 91367.

Every figure here is the job value written on the city permit, not the price paid. Permit values usually run below the final price, so get more than one quote. Values under $1,000 are placeholders and are left out, as are commercial jobs. Median and middle half: half of the jobs were valued above the median; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: City of Los Angeles building permits, from January 2020 to May 2023. Data updated September 24, 2026. The same figures as data: roofing.json.