Valuation (Job Value)

Valuation (also called job value, declared value, or estimated cost) is the dollar amount of the construction work declared on a permit, used by the AHJ to calculate permit fees and as a rough proxy for the size and scope of a project. It is typically the applicant's stated cost of labor and materials, sometimes adjusted by the jurisdiction to a standardized cost table.

Valuation is one of the most useful — and most uneven — fields in permit data. It lets you rank projects by size, estimate market activity, and segment big jobs from minor work. But it is self-reported, missing on many records, and defined slightly differently by each jurisdiction, so treat it as a signal, not an audited figure. PermitStack preserves valuation where the source publishes it and exposes a min_value filter on search so you can isolate larger projects. Related: permit status.