Cleveland, OH
EV CHARGER INSTALL ESTIMATING.

## EV Charger Estimating Built for Cleveland Electricians Cleveland's EV charger install market is moving fast. The Ohio Public Utilities Commission has approved utility programs that push residential Level 2 installations, and commercial fleets are upgrading charging infrastructure across the Lakewood, Parma, and Downtown Cleveland corridors. More installs means more bids. More bids means you need to price faster without leaving money on the table. Estimate.Pro gets you from job walkthrough to a sendable bid in 8 minutes. That is not a rounding estimate — it is the measured median across EV charger installs on the platform. --- ### What Makes EV Charger Estimating Different in Cleveland **NEC Article 625 compliance.** Every EV charger scope in Estimate.Pro is built around NEC Article 625 (Electric Vehicle Charging Systems). The app prompts you to capture charger type, EVSE circuit sizing, conduit run, load calculation inputs, and panel capacity — the exact line items Cleveland Building and Housing Department inspectors check on permit review. **Cleveland permit fees add up.** The City of Cleveland charges an electrical permit fee based on project valuation. A typical single-family Level 2 charger install runs $75–$120 in permit fees before inspection scheduling. Commercial multi-port installs — a 4-port DCFC rough-in, for example — routinely push $300–$500 in fees alone. Estimate.Pro lets you embed permit cost as a line item so it never gets absorbed into your margin. **FirstEnergy rebate coordination.** Many Cleveland homeowners come to you expecting a FirstEnergy Ohio rebate to offset install cost. That rebate program has documentation and charger eligibility requirements. Your bid needs to reflect the rebate-eligible equipment list and any wiring standards the utility specifies. Estimate.Pro's saved material cost workspace lets you maintain a rebate-eligible materials list and pull it into any bid in seconds. **Labor rates matter here.** Journeyman electrician labor in the Cleveland metro runs roughly $38–$48/hour on residential work, with commercial rates ranging from $52–$68/hour depending on IBEW Local 38 scale and project classification. If you are bidding Level 2 residential against non-union shops, your pricing has to be tight. If you are bidding commercial multi-unit or fleet depot work, your scope has to be airtight. Estimate.Pro handles both. **Panel upgrade scope creep.** A large share of Cleveland residential EV charger installs require a panel upgrade or a sub-panel addition — older housing stock in neighborhoods like West Park, Tremont, and Old Brooklyn frequently tops out at 100A service. When the scope expands mid-bid, most estimating tools fall apart. Estimate.Pro lets you fork a scope variant and price the upgrade path alongside the base charger install, so you can present both options in a single document. --- ### How Estimate.Pro Works for EV Charger Installers 1. **Walk the job.** Use AR measurement on supported devices — ONNX-assisted live AR — to capture conduit runs, panel location, and garage layout. Photo measurements are marked as estimates so there is no ambiguity in your documentation. 2. **Generate the scope.** The AI scope-of-work engine produces a line-by-line breakdown: circuit breaker sizing, wire gauge and run length, EVSE unit, mounting hardware, conduit type, permit line item, and any noted panel work. 3. **Apply your numbers.** Your saved material cost workspace holds your preferred supplier pricing — whether you buy through Rexel, Wesco, or a local Cleveland electrical supply house. Swap in your actual costs, not national averages. 4. **Send the bid.** Export a professional estimate. On Pro+ plans, you pay 0% platform fee on payments collected through Stripe Connect. On the Free tier, the platform fee is 3%. --- ### Pricing That Fits a One-Truck or Multi-Crew Shop - **Free tier** — no credit card, no time limit. Good for running your first few bids and testing the scope engine. - **Pro — $39/seat/month.** Full AI scope, AR measurement, saved material costs. - **Elite — $79/seat/month.** Adds Stripe Connect invoicing and invoice exports for accounting integration. - **Crew — $399/month flat.** Unlimited seats. Built for shops running multiple crews across the Cleveland metro. --- Cleveland's EV install volume will keep climbing as fleet electrification mandates and utility incentive programs roll forward. The contractors who win the most work will not be the ones who bid lowest — they will be the ones who respond fastest with a scope that holds up under inspection. Estimate.Pro is built for that standard.