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EV charger installation cost in Chicago (2026)

The typical EV charger installation in Chicago, counting all building types, was valued at $3,600 on its city permit (middle half: $2,300 to $5,800), across 1,561 EV charger installations with city permits issued from September 2021 to September 2026. The permits cover houses, apartment buildings and commercial buildings alike, so this is not the price of a job on one house.

$3,600median value on the city permit, not the price you will payMiddle half: $2,300 to $5,8001,561 EV charger installations, 2021 to 2026

How the values spread

Share of EV charger installations in Chicago by the value on the permitMedian $3,600. Under $5,000: 1,117 jobs (72%); $5,000 to $10,000: 164 jobs (11%); $10,000 to $15,000: 56 jobs (4%); $15,000 to $20,000: 33 jobs (2%); $20,000 to $25,000: 13 jobs (1%); $25,000 to $30,000: 10 jobs (1%); $30,000 to $35,000: 10 jobs (1%); $35,000 and over: 158 jobs (10%).72%11%4%2%1%1%1%10%Median $3,600$0$10k$20k$30k$35k+
Share of EV charger installations in Chicago by the value on the permit: 1,561 EV charger installations, from September 2021 to September 2026. The dashed line is the median; half of all jobs fall between $2,300 and $5,800.
The numbers behind the chart
Value on the permitJobsShare
Under $5,0001,11772%
$5,000 to $10,00016411%
$10,000 to $15,000564%
$15,000 to $20,000332%
$20,000 to $25,000131%
$25,000 to $30,000101%
$30,000 to $35,000101%
$35,000 and over15810%

EV charger installers with the most jobs in Chicago

RankContractorJobsContact
1Kapital Electric Company
Bensenville
603
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2Angel S. Guillen
Chicago
162
Call (773) 344-8719
3Nicholas Zahorodnyj
Westchester
79
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By year

YearJobsMedianMiddle half
2021 (September to December)71$3,000$2,200 to $8,400
2022194$3,000$2,100 to $5,200
2023264$3,000$2,000 to $5,200
2024251$3,100$2,100 to $4,500
2025504$3,800$3,000 to $5,700
2026 (January to September)277$4,000$2,800 to $10,000

What the records show

  • Share of jobs in each budget range: under $1,500: 6% (94 of 1,561); $1,500 to $3,000: 32% (503 of 1,561); $3,000 to $6,000: 37% (585 of 1,561); over $6,000: 24% (379 of 1,561).
  • The median was $3,000 in 2022 (194 jobs) and $3,800 in 2025 (504 jobs), up 27%.

Every figure here is the job value written on the city permit, not the price paid. Permit values can be higher or lower than the final price, so get more than one quote. Values under $1,000 are placeholders and are left out. Median and middle half: half of the jobs were valued above the median; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: Chicago building permits, from September 2021 to September 2026. Data updated October 8, 2026. The same figures as data: ev-charger.json.