Roof replacement cost in San Francisco (2026)

The typical roofing job in San Francisco was valued at $16,000 on its city permit (middle half: $11,000 to $22,000), across 15,684 roofing jobs with city permits issued from September 2021 to September 2026.

$16,000median value on the city permit, not the price you will payMiddle half: $11,000 to $22,00015,684 roofing jobs, 2021 to 2026

How the values spread

Share of roofing jobs in San Francisco by the value on the permitMedian $16,000. Under $5,000: 303 jobs (2%); $5,000 to $10,000: 2,304 jobs (15%); $10,000 to $15,000: 4,337 jobs (28%); $15,000 to $20,000: 3,747 jobs (24%); $20,000 to $25,000: 1,901 jobs (12%); $25,000 to $30,000: 1,264 jobs (8%); $30,000 to $35,000: 588 jobs (4%); $35,000 and over: 1,240 jobs (8%).2%15%28%24%12%8%4%8%Median $16,000$0$10k$20k$30k$35k+
Share of roofing jobs in San Francisco by the value on the permit: 15,684 roofing jobs, from September 2021 to September 2026. The dashed line is the median; half of all jobs fall between $11,000 and $22,000.
The numbers behind the chart
Value on the permitJobsShare
Under $5,0003032%
$5,000 to $10,0002,30415%
$10,000 to $15,0004,33728%
$15,000 to $20,0003,74724%
$20,000 to $25,0001,90112%
$25,000 to $30,0001,2648%
$30,000 to $35,0005884%
$35,000 and over1,2408%

Roofing contractors with the most jobs in San Francisco

RankContractorJobsContact
1Tom Lee Roofing Inc.
Daly City, licensed 29 years
903
Call (415) 333-5373
2Apollo Building & Roofing Group Inc.
Walnut Creek, licensed 5 years
575
Call (925) 860-3538
3American Standard Roofing Inc
San Francisco, licensed 10 years
344
Call (415) 671-0203

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By ZIP code

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

ZIP codeJobsMedianMiddle half
941121,696$13,000$10,000 to $18,000
941221,538$15,000$11,000 to $20,000
941161,500$15,000$11,000 to $19,000
941101,440$16,000$11,000 to $21,000
941311,024$16,000$12,000 to $23,000
941211,015$15,000$11,000 to $22,000
94127945$16,000$12,000 to $22,000
94114891$17,000$13,000 to $24,000
94118858$19,000$14,000 to $28,000
94134807$13,000$10,000 to $17,000
94117677$21,000$15,000 to $29,000
94124646$13,000$9,100 to $17,000

By year

YearJobsMedianMiddle half
2021 (September to December)629$14,000$10,000 to $20,000
20222,561$15,000$11,000 to $23,000
20233,175$15,000$11,000 to $22,000
20243,969$16,000$12,000 to $22,000
20253,672$16,000$11,000 to $22,000
2026 (January to September)1,678$16,000$12,000 to $24,000

What the records show

  • Share of jobs in each budget range: under $10,000: 17% (2,607 of 15,684); $10,000 to $25,000: 64% (9,985 of 15,684); $25,000 to $50,000: 16% (2,538 of 15,684); over $50,000: 4% (554 of 15,684).
  • The median was $15,000 in 2022 (2,561 jobs) and $16,000 in 2025 (3,672 jobs), up 6%.
  • Across the ZIP codes above, the median ran from $13,000 in 94124 to $21,000 in 94117.

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. 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: San Francisco building, electrical and plumbing permits, from September 2021 to September 2026. Data updated September 24, 2026. The same figures as data: roofing.json.