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

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Colorado Springs electrical firms usually file between $587 and $2,480 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 4.2 times apart and both be normal for Colorado Springs. 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 Colorado Springs?

Half of permits were filed between $460 and $1,800; 8 in 10 between $300 and $4,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do electricians charge in Colorado Springs?

The usual electrical job is filed at $600; the middle half of firms usually file between $587 and $2,480. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $500, 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 $1,000, the lower third $500. That is firms, not single jobs.

Where does this data come from?

Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permits inside Colorado Springs city limits, read October 2026. How the records work in Colorado Springs

Electrical Work Cost in Colorado Springs, CO: Usual $600 (2026)

How much does electrical work cost in Colorado Springs?

The usual electrical job filed with Colorado Springs is $600, from 22,261 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $587 and $2,480. 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 26 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 22,261 priced permits across 512 firms, pooled into one. Half of Colorado Springs electrical permits were filed between $460 and $1,800.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$300	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$460	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$670	the middle permit
75th	$1,800	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$4,000	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: El Paso County Assessor market values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $448,404	$500	170	4,404
Middle third	$448,404–$522,508	$550	171	13,645
Upper third	$523,564 and up	$1,000	171	4,247

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
P&L Electric Inc. Your Quality Connection	1,838	643	$500	$300–$500
Front Range Electric of Co, LLC	544	245	$500	$500–$1,200
I.L.M. Properties, LLC	712	226	$250	$250–$500
Peak Home Services LLC	380	219	$500	$500–$1,000
Sawyer Electric, Inc	399	202	$450	$350–$450
Atc Heating, LLC	231	199	$500	$500
Native Electrical Contractors Ltd	461	198	$800	$500–$2,000
Nice Springs, LLC	313	186	$1,000	$1,000–$5,898
Hi Power Electric LLC	217	185	$500	$500
Absolute Electrical, Heating & Cooling, LLC	427	166	$990	$500–$1,940

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $500; the 252 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $1,800.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $523,564 and up) usually file $1,000, against $500 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 electrical permits is filed under $300 and 1 in 10 over $4,000, 14 times as much.
99.8% of the 22,297 permits carry a value; the 36 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 22,261 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Colorado Springs, 1 in 10 electrical filed values sit under $300, the middle half between $460 and $1,800, and 1 in 10 over $4,000.

$5,300Above $4,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Colorado Springs.
$600Right at the usual $600: in the middle of the file.
$210Below $300: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule electrical work in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs files the fewest electrical permits in December (67 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (156). 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 Colorado Springs →

How these numbers are made

Source: Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permits inside Colorado Springs city limits. 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 Colorado Springs?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Colorado Springs electrical firms usually file between $587 and $2,480 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 4.2 times apart and both be normal for Colorado Springs. 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 Colorado Springs?Half of permits were filed between $460 and $1,800; 8 in 10 between $300 and $4,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do electricians charge in Colorado Springs?The usual electrical job is filed at $600; the middle half of firms usually file between $587 and $2,480. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $500, 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 $1,000, the lower third $500. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permits inside Colorado Springs city limits, read October 2026. How the records work in Colorado Springs →

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