Enter your own budget for a panel upgrade, wiring, outlets/fixtures, permits, and labor — or load a Basic/Standard/Major preset — to estimate a total.
How to Use the Electrical Cost Calculators
Choose Basic, Standard, or Major Rewire to load an illustrative example, or stay on Custom and fill in the five line items yourself: panel upgrade, wiring, outlets/switches/fixtures, permits, and labor. Any manual edit switches the calculator back to Custom.
Electrical work is quoted differently from most renovation trades — a lot of jobs bundle materials and labor into one line from the electrician rather than itemizing wire cost separately, so treat the five fields here as budget categories more than a materials list.
Total = Panel/service upgrade + Wiring & circuits + Outlets, switches & fixtures + Permits & inspection + LaborPermits Aren't Optional the Way They Sometimes Are Elsewhere
Most jurisdictions require a permit and inspection for panel upgrades and new circuits specifically, unlike some cosmetic renovation work. Skipping that step can complicate a home sale or insurance claim later even if the wiring itself is done correctly — the permits field here isn't padding, it's a real and usually mandatory cost.
This is a rough planning tool, not a contractor quote. Electrical costs depend heavily on local code requirements, panel amperage, and how accessible your home's existing wiring is — get a licensed electrician's itemized estimate before budgeting against this total.
A Panel Upgrade Often Justifies Itself Beyond One Project
If a bathroom or kitchen remodel is pushing an old panel past its capacity, upgrading it once tends to cost less than avoiding it and running into the same limit again on the next project — worth weighing against the Basic preset here, which assumes no panel work at all.