Water damage restoration cost in Dallas: $4,788

Dallas against the other cities

The national water damage guide from Angi lists Dallas, TX at an average of $4,788, with jobs there running $1,791–$7,922. That is $920 above the $3,868 national average the same guide prints (24% higher).

Of the 14 cities in the guide's table, Dallas ranks 6th by average cost. Salt Lake City sits just above at $5,256 and Seattle just below at $4,710. The median of the listed city averages is $4,580, so Dallas is in the upper half.

In Dallas the high end of the range is 4.4 times the low end. That spread is ordinary for the table. The average sits near the middle of the range (49% of the way up).

What the Dallas average buys, as arithmetic on the guide's per-square-foot rates: about 1,368 sq ft of clean-water work at $3.50, 912 sq ft of gray water at $5.25, or 638 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 Dallas.

Texas is one of the jurisdictions on this site that license mold work (mold licensing in Texas). If water damage turns into mold, the rule is Tex. Occ. Code § 1958.102(c): 25 contiguous square feet or more of mold is licensed work. “A license holder may not perform both mold assessment and mold remediation on the same project.”

For scale, the Insurance Information Institute reports an average homeowners water damage and freezing claim of $15,400 for 2019-2023. The Dallas average is 31% 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.