How much does solar panel installation cost in Honolulu? The usual solar job filed with Honolulu is $27,500, from 16,061 priced permits (July 2022 through June 2025); the middle half of firms file between $22,000 and $39,949. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual solar job filed with Honolulu is $27,500, from 16,061 priced permits, July 2022 through June 2025. The middle half of firms usually file between $22,000 and $39,949. 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 102 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 16,061 priced permits across 110 firms, pooled into one. Half of Honolulu solar permits were filed between $18,300 and $40,200.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $10,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $18,300 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $27,600 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $40,200 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $56,000 | 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: 2022 assessed values for Honolulu parcels.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $1,017,100 | $30,000 | 36 | 7,044 |
| Middle third | $1,017,100–$1,223,100 | $26,500 | 36 | 8,579 |
| Upper third | $1,224,000 and up | $16,000 | 37 | 444 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months on file (Jul 2024–Jun 2025). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrun Installation Svs Inc | 4,706 | 2,094 | $30,000 | $20,500–$41,000 | 68.6% |
| Hawaii Energy Connection, LLC | 1,385 | 410 | $30,000 | $17,000–$45,000 | 94.8% |
| Revolusun LLC | 1,883 | 391 | $23,000 | $14,000–$31,000 | 94.8% |
| Alternate Energy, Inc | 1,375 | 261 | $27,500 | $18,500–$40,500 | 94.7% |
| Solartech Hawaii LLC | 771 | 251 | $24,000 | $17,000–$37,375 | 91.7% |
| Holu Hou Energy LLC | 280 | 198 | $30,000 | $22,750–$41,500 | 99.7% |
| Independent Energy Systems LLC | 414 | 162 | $28,000 | $19,125–$35,750 | 91.7% |
| Eco Solar, LLC | 669 | 153 | $26,500 | $21,500–$40,000 | 96.3% |
| Solarcity Corporation dba Tesla Energy | 753 | 152 | $21,263 | $13,984–$28,380 | 63.1% |
| Sunspear Energy LLC | 331 | 129 | $31,114 | $20,200–$43,546 | 94.4% |
Line your quote up against the file. In Honolulu, 1 in 10 solar filed values sit under $10,000, the middle half between $18,300 and $40,200, and 1 in 10 over $56,000.
Honolulu files the fewest solar permits in January (76 against an average month of 100) and the most in December (123). 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 Honolulu →
Source: City & County of Honolulu building permits (DPP). The window is July 2022 through June 2025; 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 Honolulu →
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