Sacramento County · prices published up front
What a Roof Actually Costs in Sacramento
Roofing is sold by the square — 100 square feet of roof. Our rates are $675 to $925 per square, tear-off included. No sales visit required to hear a number.
The median Sacramento re-roof is 25 squares — about $16,875–$23,125
Our published prices
Per roofing square (100 sq ft). Your price is your roof’s measured squares times the tier rate, confirmed in writing before any work.
The example uses 25 squares, the median Sacramento home re-roof in county permit records (2022–25). It is an illustration, not your price.
Why nobody else publishes this
Because a published rate removes the sales visit, and the sales visit is where most roofing companies make their margin. We would rather you did the arithmetic at your kitchen table before anyone knocks on the door.
Cutting Edge General Contracting is the contracting party, CSLB #1007180. Roofing is installed by a licensed C-39 roofing contractor under subcontract, as California Business & Professions Code §7057(b) provides.
What the county’s own records show
re-roof permits in 2025 — a record year, up 36% on 2024
median roof size across 6,376 permits that state it
of permitted re-roofs in unincorporated Sacramento County, 2023–25, also involved structural, dry-rot or sheathing work
went over an existing roof, forcing a full tear-off next time
Source: Sacramento County Accela permit records, unincorporated county, 2023–2025.
Common questions
- What does a re-roof cost in Sacramento?
- Roofers quote by the square, which is 100 sq ft of roof surface. The rates on this site are $675, $795 and $925 a square, tear-off and replacement included. County permit records put the median Sacramento house at 25 squares. Multiply it out and a typical job lands between about $16,875 and $23,125, not counting sheathing repair.
- Why won't most roofers give a price without visiting?
- Because roof area is not house area, and the difference is large. Pitch, overhangs and additions all change the square count. What a contractor can publish honestly is the rate per square, which is what this site does — then the measurement turns it into your number.
- What is not included in a roof quote?
- Rotted sheathing and fascia, most often. Nobody can see either one until the old roofing is stripped, yet 37% of permitted re-roofs in unincorporated Sacramento County from 2023 to 2025 involved sheathing, dry rot or structural work. A straight quote names a price for each replacement sheet and each running foot of fascia ahead of time, instead of acting like it won't come up.
- What's the biggest down payment a roofer can take?
- Whichever is less: $1,000, or a tenth of the contract price. The limit comes from California Business and Professions Code §7159.5, and no contractor in California is exempt from it.
- Does the price include the permit?
- It should. Every re-roof in Sacramento County needs a permit and an inspection, and the licensed contractor pulls that permit under their own name. Leaving it off a quote doesn't make the job cheaper. It just makes the quote incomplete.
Price it yourself
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