Electrical
Electrical work in 2026 is priced mostly by the licensed-electrician hour, so the big cost drivers are whatever stretches time on site: panel access, circuit run length, attic or crawlspace conditions, and how much coordination the utility requires. Materials matter too - copper wire, breakers, and service equipment have stayed volatile, so copper-heavy jobs like rewires and EV circuits swing harder than swap-style installs. The biggest single fork is capacity: once a project forces a service upgrade or a sub-panel, it becomes a different, much larger job. Each calculator below prices those drivers separately so you can see what actually moves your number.
Cost data reviewed September 2026 · Maintained by the FixTally Editorial Team
Every electrical calculator, compared at default inputs
Ranges below are computed from each calculator's own default inputs at national-average labor and materials. Open any tool, set your state and project details, and the range adjusts instantly.
| Calculator | Typical range | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Ceiling Fan Install Cost Calculator | $386–$651 | You are swapping one fan or adding one to a room without a rated ceiling box, priced by fan tier and ceiling height. |
| Electrical Panel Cost Calculator | $4,160–$7,020 | Your panel is full, warm, or buzzing, or a big new load (EV, HVAC, addition) needs the main breaker or meter to grow. |
| EV Charger Installation Cost Calculator | $1,120–$1,890 | You are buying an EV or scheduling an install and want hardwired vs. outlet circuits, run length, and panel-capacity fixes priced. |
| Recessed Lighting Cost Calculator | $1,127–$1,902 | You are planning can or canless lights room-by-room and want housings, trims, dimming, and attic access priced per fixture. |
| Standby Generator Cost Calculator | $7,648–$12,906 | Outages are routine where you live and you want automatic whole-home backup, transfer switch, and gas line included. |
| Whole House Rewire Cost Calculator | $11,918–$23,041 | Your home still has knob-and-tube, aluminum branch wiring, or two-prong outlets and you need the whole job scoped. |
Estimates for planning only, not quotes. “Typical range” is each tool's low-to-high spread for its default scenario at national-average labor and material costs; your state and the inputs you choose move it.
Electrical cost questions
Why do electrician quotes for the same job vary so much?
Labor dominates electrical pricing, and labor estimates diverge on the things you can't see from a driveway: how crowded the panel is, how far the new circuit has to run, what the attic or crawlspace looks like, and whether the utility has to pull and reset the meter. Emergency or after-hours scheduling widens the gap further. That is why every tool here shows a low-to-high band instead of a single figure.
Which electrical jobs need a permit?
Service-panel upgrades, new circuits such as EV charging, standby generators with a transfer switch, and whole-house rewires are permitted almost everywhere, and the permit plus utility coordination is priced as its own line in those calculators. Like-for-like fixture and fan swaps are sometimes exempt, but rules vary by jurisdiction - your electrician pulls the permit, and an unpermitted panel or rewire can complicate a future home sale.
How do I know if my panel can handle an EV charger, heat pump, or generator?
An electrician answers that with a load calculation, not a guess. The usual outcomes, in rising order of cost: a free breaker space, tandem breakers, a sub-panel, a load-management device, or a full service upgrade. The panel and EV charger calculators price each of those paths separately, so a “simple install” quote that quietly includes a service upgrade is easy to spot.
These ranges look national - how do I get a number for my state?
Open any calculator and pick your state. Licensed-electrician labor rates are the biggest regional variable in electrical work, with materials a close second in high-cost states, so the low, typical, and high figures recompute the moment the state changes. The range you see on this table is the national-average baseline every state adjustment starts from.
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