Water damage restoration cost in Salt Lake City: $5,256

Salt Lake City against the other cities

The national water damage guide from Angi lists Salt Lake City, UT at an average of $5,256, with jobs there running $3,012–$7,500. That is $1,388 above the $3,868 national average the same guide prints (36% higher).

Of the 14 cities in the guide's table, Salt Lake City ranks 5th by average cost. San Francisco sits just above at $5,650 and Dallas just below at $4,788. The median of the listed city averages is $4,580, so Salt Lake City is in the upper half.

In Salt Lake City the high end of the range is 2.5 times the low end. That spread is ordinary for the table. The average sits near the middle of the range (50% of the way up).

What the Salt Lake City average buys, as arithmetic on the guide's per-square-foot rates: about 1,502 sq ft of clean-water work at $3.50, 1,001 sq ft of gray water at $5.25, or 701 sq ft of black water, the category that includes sewage, at $7.50. The guide's rates are national; it does not print a separate per-square-foot rate for Salt Lake City.

Utah is not one of the 5 jurisdictions whose mold licensing law this site has read (FL, TX, NY, LA and DC), so no state rule is shown here. That is not a finding that Utah has none; the state's licensing board is the place to ask.

For scale, the Insurance Information Institute reports an average homeowners water damage and freezing claim of $15,400 for 2019-2023. The Salt Lake City average is 34% of that figure; claims include repairs and contents, not only drying.

Source: Angi, How Much Does Water Damage Restoration Cost? (updated Sep 11, 2026), city table; Insurance Information Institute, Facts + Statistics: Homeowners and renters insurance · last checked October 20, 2026. Angi's separate city pages are updated on their own schedule and can show different figures.