Electrical Work Cost in Medford, OR: what the permits say

How much does electrical work cost in Medford?

The usual electrical job filed with Medford is $2,000, from 684 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $1,500 and $2,500. 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 15 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 684 priced permits across 93 firms, pooled into one. Half of Medford electrical permits were filed between $1,200 and $3,200.

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: Jackson County Assessor real market values (the city's July 2026 taxlot layer).

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.

Why filed values run low or high

• Medford records the declared job value on each permit, including stand-alone electrical, mechanical, plumbing, backflow and solar permits, so job size is shown for every trade.
• The 10 busiest firms usually file $2,000; the 76 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $2,000.
• Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $465,020 and up) usually file $2,500, against $1,500 for the least expensive third.
• One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 electrical permits is filed under $770 and 1 in 10 over $6,800, 9 times as much.

When to schedule electrical work in Medford

Medford files the fewest electrical permits in January (62 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (144). 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 Medford →

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Common questions

• How many quotes should I get for an electrical job in Medford?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Medford electrical firms usually file between $1,500 and $2,500 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.7 times apart and both be normal for Medford. 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 Medford?Half of permits were filed between $1,200 and $3,200; 8 in 10 between $770 and $6,800. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
• How much do electricians charge in Medford?The usual electrical job is filed at $2,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $1,500 and $2,500. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $2,000, about the same as 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 $2,500, the lower third $1,500. That is firms, not single jobs.
• Where does this data come from?City of Medford building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits on single-family, duplex and cottage homes (the city's TRAKiT permit exports), read October 2026. How the records work in Medford →