Solar Photovoltaic Installers: Wages & Billed Rates by Metro (May 2024)

Across the 40 largest metros we cover, the median hourly wage for solar photovoltaic installers is $24.96. Billed labor rates run higher once workers' compensation, overhead, and margin are added. Pick a metro for the full breakdown.

MetroMedian wageEst. billed rate
Reno, NV$36.80$81.10–$93.31
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$35.05$96.61–$110.93
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$33.84$95.01–$110.89
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$31.77$78.15–$94.66
Urban Honolulu, HI$29.95$86.37–$100.29
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$29.88$90.51–$107.42
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$29.40$86.39–$107.27
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$28.91$75.90–$88.69
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$28.77$88.07–$96.42
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$28.68$74.95–$97.72
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$28.43$94.42–$100.58
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$27.94$64.17–$75.06
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$27.74$88.53–$102.51
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$27.56$79.15–$85.99
Kansas City, MO-KS$27.50$79.87–$79.89
Fresno, CA$27.28$75.54–$85.02
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$27.19$52.46–$66.48
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$27.00$88.13–$98.12
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$26.14$74.53–$90.20
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$25.00$87.57–$124.11
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$24.93$76.08–$78.45
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$24.78$64.19–$73.78
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$23.96$84.63–$91.70
Madison, WI$23.78$84.53–$96.49
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$23.53$62.91–$73.97
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$23.49$62.10–$73.66
Tucson, AZ$23.47$54.14–$57.83
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$23.33$73.73–$74.74
Richmond, VA$23.21$63.75–$68.28
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$23.10$57.70–$74.52
Rochester, NY$23.05$74.01–$75.50
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$23.03$57.38–$64.39
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$22.45$53.07–$56.76
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$22.13$48.12–$53.26
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$22.11$52.04–$63.95
Albuquerque, NM$22.00$47.26–$54.91
Ogden, UT$20.90$59.59–$60.89
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$19.74$57.67–$64.55
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$18.58$66.44–$71.88
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$11.72$35.94–$39.79

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2024 (SOC 47-2231). Billed rates are model estimates; see methodology.