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Electrical Work Cost in Cambridge, MA: what the permits say

How much does electrical work cost in Cambridge? The usual electrical job filed with Cambridge is $3,800, from 3,799 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $2,050 and $8,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$3,800usual filed value
$2,050–$8,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
3,799priced permits (100% of 3,820)
1,038firms on file
104days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does electrical work cost in Cambridge?

The usual electrical job filed with Cambridge is $3,800, from 3,799 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $2,050 and $8,000. 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. An electrical permit here usually takes 104 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 3,799 priced permits across 1,032 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cambridge electrical permits were filed between $1,600 and $9,800.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$9301 in 10 permits filed below
25th$1,6001 in 4 filed below
50th$4,000the middle permit
75th$9,8001 in 4 filed above
90th$21,9001 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: City of Cambridge FY2026 assessed values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $1,572,000$3,0003311,050
Middle third$1,572,000–$2,469,600$4,0003321,609
Upper third$2,470,400 and up$6,0003321,102

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. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Robert D Beaulieu2828$800$600–$1,500—
John M Sousa8323$3,000$1,250–$6,25074.7%
Brian C Cranney3821$1,000$1,000–$5,00034.5%
Christopher Bevington2521$5,500$4,227–$10,262—
Ryan J Labrache5418$4,000$2,000–$8,00094.1%
Jesse G Kuhlman3614$5,021$2,172–$11,31580.6%
Nicholas Caruccio1614$1,200$984–$2,263—
Gregory F Comeau2213$4,500$2,100–$10,5008 of 9
Maurizio Patricelli4312$2,000$1,000–$4,00046.1%
Tony a Molina2912$6,000$1,500–$23,00079.9%

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $3,000; the 953 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $4,900.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $2,470,400 and up) usually file $6,000, against $3,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 electrical permits is filed under $930 and 1 in 10 over $21,900, 24 times as much.
  • 99.5% of the 3,820 permits carry a value; the 21 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 3,799 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Cambridge, 1 in 10 electrical filed values sit under $930, the middle half between $1,600 and $9,800, and 1 in 10 over $21,900.

  • $28,500Above $21,900: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Cambridge.
  • $3,800Right at the usual $3,800: in the middle of the file.
  • $650Below $930: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule electrical work in Cambridge

Cambridge files the fewest electrical permits in August (84 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (118). 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 Cambridge →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Cambridge Inspectional Services permits (the city's per-type open-data permit files). 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 Cambridge →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for an electrical job in Cambridge?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cambridge electrical firms usually file between $2,050 and $8,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.9 times apart and both be normal for Cambridge. 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 electrical jobs in Cambridge?Half of permits were filed between $1,600 and $9,800; 8 in 10 between $930 and $21,900. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do electricians charge in Cambridge?The usual electrical job is filed at $3,800; the middle half of firms usually file between $2,050 and $8,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $3,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • 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 $6,000, the lower third $3,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Cambridge Inspectional Services permits (the city's per-type open-data permit files), read October 2026. How the records work in Cambridge →

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