How much does electrical work cost in Sacramento County? The usual electrical & panel job filed with Sacramento County is $3,800, from 4,027 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $3,000 and $4,650. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual electrical & panel job filed with Sacramento County is $3,800, from 4,027 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $3,000 and $4,650. 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 & panel permit here usually takes 56 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 4,027 priced permits across 922 firms, pooled into one. Half of Sacramento County (unincorporated) electrical & panel permits were filed between $2,500 and $5,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $1,300 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $2,500 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $3,800 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $5,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $7,600 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Electric | 150 | 101 | $4,000 | $4,000 | 50.7% |
| Bell Brother's Heating and Air Inc | 95 | 86 | $5,000 | $5,000 | 8 of 9 |
| TNT Electric Co | 95 | 61 | $4,863 | $4,225–$5,357 | 92.3% |
| Bonney Plumbing LLC | 171 | 58 | $7,828 | $6,889–$9,358 | 80.2% |
| Tak Broadband CA LLC | 51 | 51 | $630 | $630 | — |
| Gubrud's Electrical Contracting Inc | 82 | 36 | $2,000 | $2,000–$2,500 | 77.2% |
| High End Electric | 89 | 27 | $4,000 | $3,500–$4,925 | 90.9% |
| Ample Electric Inc | 41 | 24 | $1,400 | $1,300–$4,850 | 71.6% |
| Sagan Electric | 40 | 21 | $3,500 | $3,000–$4,462 | 95.4% |
| On-Time Air Conditioning & Heating LLC | 59 | 20 | $5,000 | $4,407–$9,448 | 70.2% |
Line your quote up against the file. In Sacramento County (unincorporated), 1 in 10 electrical & panel filed values sit under $1,300, the middle half between $2,500 and $5,000, and 1 in 10 over $7,600.
Sacramento County files the fewest electrical & panel permits in November (60 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (132). 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 Sacramento County →
Source: Sacramento County building permits on single-family, duplex and townhouse homes in the unincorporated county (the County's Accela permit layer). 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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