2026 local estimate · updated 2026-07-22
Cost to replace a roof in Salt Lake City, UT
A typical roof replacement in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area runs $14,503, with most projects landing between $5,385 and $23,620 — about 6% below the national average.
Low
$5,385
Basic materials, simple job
Typical
$14,503
What most people pay
High
$23,620
Premium materials or complex job
What's priced: Full tear-off and replacement on a typical 2,000 sq ft home, asphalt shingles through mid-range materials, installed. Excludes permits, structural repairs found mid-job, and premium upgrades.
Why Salt Lake City is cheaper than average
Almost entirely labor. Roofers in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area earn about 9% less than the national mean for the same occupation, per Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data. Because roof replacement is roughly 60% labor, that difference flows straight into the total.
Roofing is the most labor-heavy of these projects. Tear-off, disposal, and installation dominate the bill, and asphalt shingles themselves are comparatively cheap — which is why roofing prices vary more between metros than almost any other home project.
Get a number for your own job
The figures above are for a standard project. Your size, materials, and access will move them. Run your own specification through the calculator, then apply the ×0.908 local labor factor to the labor portion.
Open the roof replacement calculator →Permits for a roof replacement in Salt Lake City
Issuing authority: Salt Lake City Building Services
Salt Lake City Building Services classifies roofing repairs, replacements and alterations to the roof's structure or design as permitted work, and if the job qualifies as general maintenance or repair valued under $3,000 — a category that specifically includes roofing — the owner or a representative can obtain that permit. The fee table runs $115.97 for the first $2,000 plus $20 per additional $1,000 up to $25,000, then $575.97 for the first $25,000 plus $14 per additional $1,000 up to $50,000.
On top of the building permit fee, plan review is billed separately at 65 percent of whatever the building permit fee comes to. Ask your roofer what valuation they'll report, since that sets both the fee tier and whether the owner-permit option is available.
When a permit is needed
- “Roofing : Roofing repairs or replacements, and alterations to the structure or design of the roof.” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), FAQ’s | Building Services (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Fees
- “$2,000.01 - $25,000.00 $115.97 for the first $2,000 plus $20 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (Amended 06/16/2026 by Ord. 2026-29) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “$25,000.01 - $50,000.00 $575.97 for the first $25,000 plus $14 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (Amended 06/16/2026 by Ord. 2026-29) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- “Plan Review Fees Plan review fee 65% of building permit fee” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (Amended 06/16/2026 by Ord. 2026-29) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Also published
- “If the work being done can be considered general maintenance or repair under $3000 in valuation, an owner or representative may obtain the permit. General maintenance does include roofing” — Salt Lake City Corporation (Building Services), FAQ’s | Building Services (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Quoted verbatim; not recalculated.
Salt Lake City climate
- Normal snowfall
- 51.9 in / yr
NOAA 1991–2020 normal, SALT LAKE CITY INTL AP, UT US .
Nearby metros
- Roof replacement in Ogden, UT — typically $14,383
- Roof replacement in Provo, UT — typically $14,042
- Roof replacement in Greenville, SC — typically $14,521
Compare roof replacement cost across every US metro we cover — the same labor-adjusted model as this page, ranked from most to least expensive, if you want the national picture rather than Salt Lake City alone.
How we calculate this
We take a national installed-cost range, split it into labor and materials, and scale only the labor half by this metro's actual wage data. That is the whole model — no black box, and reproducible from the figures on this page.
- National range: $5,700–$25,000, from our roof replacement cost data (last verified 2026-07-13).
- Labor share: 60%. An industry rule of thumb, not a measured value — the softest assumption here, which is why we state it rather than bury it.
- Metro labor factor: ×0.908, being the mean annual wage for Roofers in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT divided by the national mean for the same occupation.
- Materials: held at the national level. We vary labor by metro and hold materials at the national level. That is deliberate: shingles, copper, HVAC equipment, and cabinets are nationally traded and priced, and what actually varies locally is freight and sales tax — both small next to the labor spread. We have no metro-level materials index we can defend, so rather than invent one, we vary only what we can source.
Wage source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), metropolitan area estimates, May 2025. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain and free to reuse. Where BLS suppresses wage data for a metro, we publish no page for it rather than fill the gap with an estimate.
Educational estimate only. A real quote for your specific property beats any model, including ours — get at least three.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to replace a roof in Salt Lake City, UT?+
A typical project in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area runs about $14,503, with most falling between $5,385 and $23,620. Of the typical figure, roughly $8,363 is labor and $6,140 is materials. That puts Salt Lake City about 6% below the national typical cost of $15,350.
Why is it cheaper to replace a roof in Salt Lake City, UT than the national average?+
Almost entirely labor. Roofers in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area earn about 9% less than the national average for the same occupation, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data. Because roof replacement is roughly 60% labor, that wage difference flows through to the total. Materials are priced nationally and barely move between metros.
What's included in these Salt Lake City, UT estimates?+
Installed cost — materials plus labor for a standard project of this type. It does not include permits, which vary by municipality, structural repairs discovered mid-job, or premium upgrades. The range reflects genuine variation in scope and material grade, not uncertainty about the metro. Always get at least three local quotes before budgeting; a real quote for your specific property will beat any estimate, including ours.
How is this different from a national average with the city name swapped in?+
We split the national installed cost into labor and materials, then scale only the labor half using the actual mean wage for Roofers in this specific metro area, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Materials stay at the national level because we have no defensible metro-level materials index — shingles and HVAC equipment are nationally traded, and only freight and sales tax really vary. Where BLS suppresses wage data for a metro, we do not publish a page for it at all rather than fill the gap with a guess.