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Stairlift & Home Elevator Cost in Seattle, WA: what the permits say

How much does a stairlift & home elevator job cost in Seattle? The usual stairlift & home elevator job filed with Seattle is $12,345, from 341 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $6,750 and $41,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$12,345usual filed value
$6,750–$41,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
341priced permits (100% of 342)
15firms on file
51days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does a stairlift & home elevator job cost in Seattle?

The usual stairlift & home elevator job filed with Seattle is $12,345, from 341 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $6,750 and $41,000. 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 stairlift & home elevator permit here usually takes 51 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 341 priced permits across 15 firms, pooled into one. Half of Seattle stairlift & home elevator permits were filed between $5,300 and $29,400.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$4,6001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$5,3001 in 4 filed below
50th$10,700the middle permit
75th$29,4001 in 4 filed above
90th$44,3001 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: King County Assessor appraised values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $1,107,000$6,045596
Middle third$1,107,000–$1,609,500$18,7505226
Upper third$1,679,000 and up$45,948520

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; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Acorn Stairlifts Inc8529$6,045$4,845–$12,50094.8%
Advantage Elevator Accessibility Systems Corp6127$5,495$4,995–$15,00099.1%
Mobility Concepts Inc12226$18,750$6,000–$39,13089.0%
Olympic Elevator Company3411$9,232$5,331–$31,49198.6%
The Spokane Elevator Co Inc66$6,750$6,187–$11,437—
Chinook Elevator Solutions LLC93$45,948$42,487–$54,7533 of 6
Primarius LLC63$36,425$33,012–$39,725—
Otis Elevator Co32———
Eltec Elevators22———
Bath Plus Inc22———

Why filed values run low or high

  • Seattle records an estimated project cost on nearly every electrical, mechanical, boiler, conveyance, fire sprinkler and roofing permit.
  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $9,232; the 11 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $36,425.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $1,679,000 and up) usually file $45,948, against $6,045 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 stairlift & home elevator permits is filed under $4,600 and 1 in 10 over $44,300, 10 times as much.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 341 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Seattle, 1 in 10 stairlift & home elevator filed values sit under $4,600, the middle half between $5,300 and $29,400, and 1 in 10 over $44,300.

  • $57,600Above $44,300: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Seattle.
  • $12,345Right at the usual $12,345: in the middle of the file.
  • $3,200Below $4,600: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule stairlift and home elevator work in Seattle

Seattle files the fewest stairlift & home elevator permits in May (81 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (137). 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 Seattle →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Seattle (SDCI) building, trade and electrical permits on single-family and duplex homes (the city's open-data exports). 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.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Seattle →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a stairlift & home elevator job in Seattle?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Seattle stairlift & home elevator firms usually file between $6,750 and $41,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 6.1 times apart and both be normal for Seattle. 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 stairlift & home elevator jobs in Seattle?Half of permits were filed between $5,300 and $29,400; 8 in 10 between $4,600 and $44,300. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do stairlift installers charge in Seattle?The usual stairlift & home elevator job is filed at $12,345; the middle half of firms usually file between $6,750 and $41,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $9,232, 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 $45,948, the lower third $6,045. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Seattle (SDCI) building, trade and electrical permits on single-family and duplex homes (the city's open-data exports), read October 2026. How the records work in Seattle →

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