How many quotes should I get for an electrical job in Cary?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cary electrical firms usually file between $1,350 and $3,900 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.9 times apart and both be normal for Cary. 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 Cary?

Half of permits were filed between $1,100 and $4,300; 8 in 10 between $700 and $7,600. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do electricians charge in Cary?

The usual electrical job is filed at $2,117; the middle half of firms usually file between $1,350 and $3,900. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $2,058, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $2,000, the lower third $2,275.

Where does this data come from?

Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only), read October 2026. How the records work in Cary

Electrical Work Cost in Cary, NC: Usual $2,117 (2026)

How much does electrical work cost in Cary?

The usual electrical job filed with Cary is $2,117, from 1,452 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $1,350 and $3,900. 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 41 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 1,452 priced permits across 278 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cary electrical permits were filed between $1,100 and $4,300.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$700	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$1,100	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$2,200	the middle permit
75th	$4,300	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$7,600	1 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: Wake County parcel values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $535,342	$2,275	87	271
Middle third	$535,342–$709,879	$2,058	88	922
Upper third	$719,924 and up	$2,000	88	246

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.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Alternate Current Solutions	167	57	$2,058	$1,124–$4,216	79.2%
Dawson's Electric Inc.	85	36	$4,745	$1,943–$8,000	74.8%
Touchstone Electric Rdu, LLC	41	32	$700	$700–$3,300	4 of 9
Michael & Sons	104	28	$3,500	$1,500–$6,000	78.5%
Roy Electric LLC	99	26	$1,170	$850–$2,000	83.1%
Triad Electrical Serv	30	19	$3,503	$1,532–$4,820	57.2%
Raleigh Electric Co	49	16	$975	$500–$2,220	87.5%
NC Solar Now Inc.	15	14	$15,095	$4,030–$19,605	—
The Iglesias Group LLC	12	12	$650	$375–$900	—
Pro Elite Electrical Service	20	10	$1,250	$807–$2,625	54.5%

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $2,058; the 253 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $2,250.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $719,924 and up) usually file $2,000, against $2,275 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 electrical permits is filed under $700 and 1 in 10 over $7,600, 11 times as much.
99.8% of the 1,455 permits carry a value; the 3 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,452 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Cary, 1 in 10 electrical filed values sit under $700, the middle half between $1,100 and $4,300, and 1 in 10 over $7,600.

$9,900Above $7,600: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Cary.
$2,117Right at the usual $2,117: in the middle of the file.
$490Below $700: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule electrical work in Cary

Cary files the fewest electrical permits in December (79 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (116). 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 Cary →

How these numbers are made

Source: Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only). 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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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for an electrical job in Cary?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cary electrical firms usually file between $1,350 and $3,900 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.9 times apart and both be normal for Cary. 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 Cary?Half of permits were filed between $1,100 and $4,300; 8 in 10 between $700 and $7,600. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do electricians charge in Cary?The usual electrical job is filed at $2,117; the middle half of firms usually file between $1,350 and $3,900. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $2,058, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $2,000, the lower third $2,275.
Where does this data come from?Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only), read October 2026. How the records work in Cary →

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Electrical Work Cost in Cary, NC: what the permits say