Permit values
What solar installation is valued at, metro by metro
| Metro | Median | Middle half | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh–DurhamNC | $36,310 | $17,823 – $44,970 | 110 |
| SacramentoCA | $28,397 | $21,007 – $36,850 | 1,188 |
| MiamiFL | $23,500 | $18,792 – $38,631 | 138 |
| ChicagoIL | $20,296 | $13,307 – $26,375 | 628 |
| Dallas–Fort WorthTX | $20,000 | $20,000 – $29,580 | 215 |
| DenverCO | $19,300 | $9,786 – $29,079 | 332 |
| Colorado SpringsCO | $17,600 | $5,465 – $26,685 | 122 |
Declared value is what the contractor reported to the building department, which is what the permit fee is calculated from. It is usually the contract value excluding tax, and it runs below a retail quote. Treat it as the floor of the market, not the price. Why the permit and the quote disagree.
What is missing, and why
Some building departments publish no value at all. Minneapolis–St. Paul is one: its permits carry the address, the work and the contractor, but no figure. Rather than compute a median from the handful of rows that happen to have one, those metros get no number here. The same goes for any feed where fewer than half the permits carry a value.
There is also no year-over-year comparison on this page. We began collecting in July 2026, so the honest window is three complete months — enough for a median across thousands of permits, not enough to claim a trend.
Use the numbers
They are free to quote, with a line pointing back here. If you need a cut we do not publish — a single city, a longer window, a trade we have not broken out — email support@permitdawn.com and we will run it against the raw permits.
Other trades: roof replacement, pool construction, remodeling work.