How much does solar panel installation cost in St. Louis? The usual solar job filed with St. Louis is $20,000, from 148 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $14,675 and $28,612. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual solar job filed with St. Louis is $20,000, from 148 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $14,675 and $28,612. 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 154 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 148 priced permits across 51 firms, pooled into one. Half of St. Louis solar permits were filed between $13,000 and $32,400.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $8,600 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $13,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $20,400 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $32,400 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $48,500 | 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: City of St. Louis assessor values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $212,407 | $22,000 | 17 | 64 |
| Middle third | $212,407–$316,260 | $21,665 | 17 | 58 |
| Upper third | $317,811 and up | $18,228 | 17 | 26 |
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.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Solar | 24 | 11 | $37,704 | $20,437–$48,230 | 94.3% |
| Sunsent Solar | 17 | 10 | $28,612 | $18,690–$45,470 | 6 of 9 |
| Brda Electric Inc | 7 | 5 | $21,474 | $16,000–$31,402 | — |
| Straight Up Solar | 6 | 5 | $18,228 | $8,532–$23,750 | — |
| Straightup Solar | 12 | 4 | $10,358 | $9,264–$26,003 | 6 of 9 |
| Mayer Solar | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Contemporary Contracting LLC dba Sunsent | 6 | 3 | $21,441 | $8,250–$29,902 | — |
| Lifetime Solar LLC | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Logic Solar | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sunset Solar | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In St. Louis, 1 in 10 solar filed values sit under $8,600, the middle half between $13,000 and $32,400, and 1 in 10 over $48,500.
St. Louis files the fewest solar permits in August (16 against an average month of 100) and the most in November (224). 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 St. Louis →
Source: City of St. Louis building permits. 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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