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Solar Panel Installation Cost in Albuquerque, NM: what the permits say

How much does solar panel installation cost in Albuquerque? The usual solar job filed with Albuquerque is $16,363, from 1,973 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $14,430 and $25,883. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$16,363usual filed value
$14,430–$25,883middle half of firms' usual jobs
1,973priced permits (100% of 1,973)
60firms on file
Sep 2026records through

How much does solar panel installation cost in Albuquerque?

The usual solar job filed with Albuquerque is $16,363, from 1,973 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $14,430 and $25,883. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,973 priced permits across 60 firms, pooled into one. Half of Albuquerque solar permits were filed between $10,900 and $24,500.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$7,8001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$10,9001 in 4 filed below
50th$16,300the middle permit
75th$24,5001 in 4 filed above
90th$36,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Bernalillo County Assessor values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $270,822$12,192201,060
Middle third$270,822–$352,506$15,33020741
Upper third$352,838 and up$15,32920172

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Positive Energy Solar23541$15,330$10,220–$19,92896.6%
Epex Home Performance Solar Works Energy LLC52736$12,192$8,983–$16,47088.2%
Experienced Solar LLC Rogers65$35,912$27,455–$37,090—
Sol Sister Solar LLC63$14,586$7,982–$18,086—
Nexus Energy Systems LLC662$25,883$18,759–$36,62987.5%
PPC Solar42———
Affordable Solar Group LLC2351$16,953$11,942–$23,36994.8%
Ocotillo Solar Electric231$28,000$24,750–$37,08772.3%
Morgan's Constructive Solutions LLC61$28,246$26,051–$41,5396 of 6
OE Solar21———

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $15,330; the 46 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $19,200.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $352,838 and up) usually file $15,329, against $12,192 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 solar permits is filed under $7,800 and 1 in 10 over $36,000, 5 times as much.
  • 100.0% of the 1,973 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,973 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Albuquerque, 1 in 10 solar filed values sit under $7,800, the middle half between $10,900 and $24,500, and 1 in 10 over $36,000.

  • $46,900Above $36,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Albuquerque.
  • $16,363Right at the usual $16,363: in the middle of the file.
  • $5,500Below $7,800: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule solar installation in Albuquerque

Albuquerque files the fewest solar permits in April (58 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (192). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Albuquerque →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Albuquerque building permits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Albuquerque →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a solar job in Albuquerque?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Albuquerque solar firms usually file between $14,430 and $25,883 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.8 times apart and both be normal for Albuquerque. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for solar jobs in Albuquerque?Half of permits were filed between $10,900 and $24,500; 8 in 10 between $7,800 and $36,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do solar installers charge in Albuquerque?The usual solar job is filed at $16,363; the middle half of firms usually file between $14,430 and $25,883. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $15,330, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why is this different from the per-watt prices I see online?Online prices are quoted per watt. A filed value is one number for the whole job on one permit, often many watts plus the work around them, and the Albuquerque file does not record how many each job covered, so we can't turn $16,363 into a price per watt.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $15,329, the lower third $12,192. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Albuquerque building permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Albuquerque →

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