How many quotes should I get for an electrical job in Saint Paul?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Saint Paul electrical firms usually file between $900 and $3,500 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.9 times apart and both be normal for Saint Paul. 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 Saint Paul?

Half of permits were filed between $440 and $3,700; 8 in 10 between $260 and $8,100. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do electricians charge in Saint Paul?

The usual electrical job is filed at $1,100; the middle half of firms usually file between $900 and $3,500. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months on file (Jul 2024-Jun 2025) 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 $2,000, the lower third $1,300. That is firms, not single jobs.

Where does this data come from?

City of Saint Paul approved building permits, read June 2025. How the records work in Saint Paul

Electrical Work Cost in Saint Paul, MN: Usual $1,100 (2025)

How much does electrical work cost in Saint Paul?

The usual electrical job filed with Saint Paul is $1,100, from 16,953 priced permits, July 2022 through June 2025. The middle half of firms usually file between $900 and $3,500. 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 54 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 16,953 priced permits across 669 firms, pooled into one. Half of Saint Paul electrical permits were filed between $440 and $3,700.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$260	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$440	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$1,200	the middle permit
75th	$3,700	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$8,100	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: Ramsey County parcel values (2025).

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $291,200	$1,300	222	4,515
Middle third	$291,200–$388,700	$1,000	222	9,009
Upper third	$389,700 and up	$2,000	222	3,510

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

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
Powerhouse Electric Inc	1,216	424	$500	$360–$865	81.7%
Spark Electric Co	970	283	$300	$200–$395	75.0%
Earlybird Electric Heating and Air	632	181	$3,800	$1,800–$8,125	93.5%
Dean's Professional Plumbing	388	159	$2,955	$1,753–$5,620	79.2%
Tim Kunkel Electric LLC	462	155	$2,500	$1,200–$5,500	92.0%
Hero Home Services dba Hero Plumbing Heating & Cooling	443	150	$290	$260–$5,000	73.8%
Randy's Electric	425	124	$2,855	$1,760–$5,349	94.6%
Dynasty Electric Inc	428	121	$200	$200–$1,000	93.3%
J Becher & Assoc Inc	254	91	$3,650	$705–$8,000	90.8%
McQuillan Home Services LLC	251	77	$1,000	$1,000–$3,000	50.2%

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $500; the 430 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $2,250.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $389,700 and up) usually file $2,000, against $1,300 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 electrical permits is filed under $260 and 1 in 10 over $8,100, 31 times as much.
99.5% of the 17,041 permits carry a value; the 88 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 16,953 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Saint Paul, 1 in 10 electrical filed values sit under $260, the middle half between $440 and $3,700, and 1 in 10 over $8,100.

$10,500Above $8,100: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Saint Paul.
$1,100Right at the usual $1,100: in the middle of the file.
$180Below $260: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule electrical work in Saint Paul

Saint Paul files the fewest electrical permits in February (76 against an average month of 100) and the most in August (121). 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 Saint Paul →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Saint Paul approved building permits. 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.

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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for an electrical job in Saint Paul?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Saint Paul electrical firms usually file between $900 and $3,500 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.9 times apart and both be normal for Saint Paul. 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 Saint Paul?Half of permits were filed between $440 and $3,700; 8 in 10 between $260 and $8,100. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do electricians charge in Saint Paul?The usual electrical job is filed at $1,100; the middle half of firms usually file between $900 and $3,500. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months on file (Jul 2024–Jun 2025) 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 $2,000, the lower third $1,300. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City of Saint Paul approved building permits, read June 2025. How the records work in Saint Paul →

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