How much does generator installation cost in Cary? The usual generator job filed with Cary is $15,000, from 196 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $5,940 and $15,750. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual generator job filed with Cary is $15,000, from 196 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $5,940 and $15,750. 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 generator permit here usually takes 67 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 196 priced permits across 60 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cary generator permits were filed between $6,700 and $16,700.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $3,500 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $6,700 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $14,600 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $16,700 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $18,800 | 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: Wake County parcel values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $597,186 | $10,000 | 18 | 29 |
| Middle third | $597,186–$783,576 | $15,500 | 18 | 132 |
| Upper third | $789,039 and up | $15,750 | 18 | 25 |
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.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitting Electric, Inc. | 46 | 15 | $15,000 | $4,125–$16,268 | 96.8% |
| Canter Power Systems LLC | 25 | 13 | $15,500 | $14,800–$16,400 | 87.6% |
| Smart Energy | 22 | 12 | $15,744 | $9,800–$17,411 | 87.1% |
| CMC Electric LLC | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Pedro Electric LLC | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Generator Super Center | 11 | 2 | $17,000 | $16,705–$18,560 | 9 of 9 |
| Brightstar Electric LLC | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ailu Gas Piping, LLC | 4 | 1 | — | — | — |
| A. Maynor Heating | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Harris Electrical Contractors | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Cary, 1 in 10 generator filed values sit under $3,500, the middle half between $6,700 and $16,700, and 1 in 10 over $18,800.
Cary files the fewest generator permits in October (55 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (196). 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 →
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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