Data through September 2026 · updated 15 Oct 2026
How much does solar panel installation cost in Bernalillo County? The usual solar job filed with Bernalillo County is $36,338, from 878 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $33,620 and $45,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual solar job filed with Bernalillo County is $36,338, from 878 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $33,620 and $45,000. 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. A solar permit here usually takes 168 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 878 priced permits across 57 firms, pooled into one. Half of Bernalillo County (unincorporated) solar permits were filed between $25,700 and $50,500.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $17,700 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $25,700 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $36,500 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $50,500 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $64,500 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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 tax-year 2026 total values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $301,891 | $38,362 | 19 | 375 |
| Middle third | $301,891–$567,699 | $34,200 | 19 | 389 |
| Upper third | $578,145 and up | $45,000 | 19 | 117 |
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. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our World Energy NM LLC dba Our World Energy | 177 | 47 | $38,362 | $27,444–$53,662 | 75.1% |
| Positive Energy Solar | 102 | 31 | $36,656 | $27,103–$50,163 | 92.4% |
| Affordable Solar Group LLC | 103 | 29 | $31,365 | $21,285–$51,660 | 74.1% |
| Solar Works Energy LLC | 84 | 23 | $34,200 | $27,000–$45,130 | 81.5% |
| Ion Developer, LLC | 36 | 16 | $23,580 | $21,183–$40,500 | 86.8% |
| Sunstate Solar Inc | 41 | 11 | $45,000 | $27,720–$63,112 | 90.9% |
| Freedom Forever New Mexico LLC | 85 | 10 | $36,900 | $27,337–$54,142 | 63.5% |
| TML International LLC | 24 | 9 | $31,211 | $18,112–$41,556 | 74.0% |
| Data Boys LLC | 14 | 7 | $45,000 | $36,000–$51,480 | 5 of 8 |
| Experienced Solar | 10 | 4 | $38,745 | $33,733–$46,586 | 9 of 9 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Bernalillo County (unincorporated), 1 in 10 solar filed values sit under $17,700, the middle half between $25,700 and $50,500, and 1 in 10 over $64,500.
Bernalillo County files the fewest solar permits in June (68 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (174). 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 Bernalillo County →
Source: Bernalillo County Planning & Development Services permits on homes in unincorporated Bernalillo County (the County's Accela permit layer; the City of Albuquerque issues its own permits and has its own separate pages). 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.
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Contractor Records, "Solar Panel Installation Cost in Bernalillo County (unincorporated), NM: what the permits say", https://contractorrecords.com/bernalillo-county/solar-cost, data through September 2026, from Bernalillo County building-permit records.Link to a table: The spread · By home value · Busiest firms.
Download the tables (CSV): Key figures · By home value.
From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.
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