Electrician hourly rate calculator
What you charge per hour has to cover the hours nobody pays for: the drive, the quote, the trip to the supply house. Put in your own numbers.
The first two fields are what the work has to bring in over a year: what you pay yourself and what the business costs to run. The last three are the hours a customer pays for. Divide one by the other and you have the rate that covers your year; the profit field adds to it. "Without profit" shows the rate at which the year comes out even.
Without profit: $ —
This is an example to calculate from. You set your own price.
Electrical job price calculator
$89 + 1 × $115
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How to price electrical jobs
An electrical price has three parts: the visit, the time and the materials. Decide each one once and write it down. The visit is the service call. The time is your hourly rate, or a flat price that already has the time in it. The materials are what you paid plus whatever you add for buying and carrying them. The two calculators above do that arithmetic; the price list below is where the answers go.
Electrician price list
These are the starting prices OnsiteBoard gives a new electrician account. Change any of them for your area.
| Service | Starting price |
|---|---|
| Service call | $89 |
| Troubleshoot dead circuit | $150 |
| Outlet or switch replacement | $125 |
| GFCI outlet install | $150 |
| Light fixture install | $175 |
| Ceiling fan install | $195 |
| Breaker replacement | $225 |
| Dedicated 20A circuit | $450 |
| Smoke/CO detector install | $95 |
| Whole-home surge protector | $395 |
| EV charger install: Level 2 | $850 |
| Generator interlock kit and inlet | $650 |
| Panel upgrade: 200A | $2,400 |
| Electrical labor | $115 / hr |
Electrical flat rate pricing or by the hour
A flat price tells the customer the number before you take a cover off, and it pays you for getting faster. It suits the jobs you do every week and can count: an outlet, a fixture, a fan, a breaker. An hourly rate suits troubleshooting, where finding the fault is most of the work and nobody can say how long it will take. Many electricians use both: flat prices for the list, an hourly rate for everything that is not on it. Say on the estimate which one the customer is looking at.
An electrical price book for the jobs you do every week
A price book is a list of your common jobs, each with one price. To build it, take a job, write down the hours it usually takes you, multiply by your hourly rate, add the materials with your markup, and round to a number you are happy to say out loud. Jobs you count are easier to price each: so much per outlet, per fixture, per fan. Look at the list again when your material prices change, and when a job keeps taking longer than its price allows.
The service call
A service call is a set amount for coming out and finding the problem. It keeps a short visit from costing you the drive. Some electricians charge it on every visit; some take it off the bill when the customer goes ahead with the work. Either is fine as long as the customer hears it on the phone and sees it as its own line on the estimate and the invoice.
Materials and markup
Buying materials is work: the trip, the wait at the counter, the return if something is wrong. Many electricians add a percentage to what they paid for materials to cover that time. Whatever you decide, show materials on their own lines with a quantity, so nothing hides inside labor.
Electrician price questions
Should I charge flat rate or by the hour?
What is a service call fee?
Do I mark up materials?
How many of my hours does a customer pay for?
What is an electrical price book?
This is general information, not tax or legal advice.
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