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Permit Fees in Pennsylvania
1 city tracked. 1 verified from published fee schedules.
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Cities
$210.00
Avg Building
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Verified
| City | Bathroom | Kitchen | Roof | HVAC | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | $210.00 | $300.75 | $72.00 | $192.00 | ✓ |
How permits work in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania enforces the Uniform Construction Code statewide under Act 45, and the edition just changed. Permits applied for on or after January 1, 2026 are reviewed under the 2021 I-codes, including the 2021 IRC, per the update published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on November 8, 2025. The 2018 editions had governed since early 2022.
Administration is where Pennsylvania gets strange. More than 90 percent of the state's 2,562 municipalities administer the UCC locally, and many of them contract the work to private certified third-party code agencies instead of running a building office. In municipalities that opted out, the Department of Labor and Industry handles enforcement, and any structural work there needs drawings signed and sealed by a design professional. Who reviews your permit, and what it costs, follows your township's election.
Philadelphia, verified from the city's schedule: $210 for a bathroom remodel permit, $300.75 for a kitchen, $72 for a roof, and $192 for an HVAC changeout. That roof fee is among the cheapest in our index.
A warning for projects in flight: the official rulemaking for the January 2026 edition jump contains no grandfather clause for work designed under the 2018 codes but permitted after the cutoff. If your drawings predate 2026, confirm with your code official which edition applies before you submit.
Sources: PA Uniform Construction Code · 34 Pa. Code 403.21 (2021 codes) · 55 Pa.B. 7701 rulemaking · verified 2026-06