How Do I Estimate Solar Installation Costs?
Solar panel installation cost is a small piece of the total cost of home solar. This article shows you how to estimate solar labor costs.
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According to the NREL data above, installation typically accounts for 5.5% of the total cost of a residential solar project, so this equation will get you a ballpark figure for labor costs. For example, if you receive a solar quote for $25,000, you can expect labor to make up around $1,375 of the all-in cost.
To put that in perspective, using the a modeled market price (MMP) of $2.95 per Watt for residential solar, labor costs contributed just 16 cents per Watt of solar capacity installed. That's tied with structural balance of system (racking) for the second smallest piece of the solar cost pie, as shown below.
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