Georgia Cost GuideHow much do outlets and switches cost in Georgia?
Outlet installation in Georgia: typically $170 to $390+, the middle half of the figures posted by 6 Georgia electricians, collected September 2026.
Adding an outlet and swapping a worn switch are different jobs with different ranges. Both are below, with how the device, the wall and the circuit change each one.
What outlets and switches cost in Georgia
We checked 663 Georgia electrician websites.
Outlet installation cost
$170 to $390+
Prices from 6 Georgia electricians
Outlet or switch replacement cost
$190 to $240+
Prices from 7 Georgia electricians
These are typical ranges, not quotes. The sections below explain what moves these prices. The dot marks the middle price, and a + means some businesses charge more.
What the job involves
A new outlet goes where there was none: the electrician finds a nearby circuit, cuts a box into the wall, runs cable to it and connects the outlet. A replacement swaps the device in a box that is already wired, which is why the ranges are shown separately.
Switch work falls under replacement, such as a worn switch or a plain one changed for a dimmer. Light fixture installation covers the fixture itself, and recessed lighting covers lights set into the ceiling, so each of those has its own range.
What moves the price
- Kind of device
- A standard outlet costs less than a GFCI, a USB outlet or a smart or dimmer switch. Some of those controls need a neutral wire that an older switch box may not have.
- Load on the circuit
- A new outlet shares a circuit that already has things on it. If the circuit is near its limit, the electrician may suggest a dedicated circuit for the new outlet instead.
- Wall material
- Plaster, tile, brick and block usually take more work to cut into or run wire through than drywall, and repairing the surface afterward adds to the bill.
- One light, several switches
- Replacing a switch that works together with another, such as at both ends of a hall, takes the matching kind of switch and more care with the wiring. Adding that kind of switch where there was none means new wire between them.
Getting a quote
Questions to ask each electrician before you compare prices:
- Is the price for each device, and is there a minimum charge for the visit?
- For a new outlet, where will the wire come from, and who patches a wall you have to open?
- Which circuit will the new outlet share, and can it handle what I plan to plug in?
- Which kind of device is in the price: standard, GFCI, USB, dimmer or smart?
- Who supplies the devices and cover plates?
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Where these numbers come from
We collect these prices with our own crawler, which reads the public websites of Georgia electricians and follows each site's robots.txt rules. It has read 663 of their websites so far. Each range is the middle half of the prices those businesses post, collected September 2026.
A price list is what a business says it charges; a cost guide is a business's own estimate of what the job usually runs in Georgia. We never name the businesses behind a range. How we collect and check electrician prices.
| Job | Businesses that post a price |
|---|---|
| Outlet installation | 6 (3 price lists, 3 cost guides) |
| Outlet or switch replacement | 7 (4 price lists, 3 cost guides) |
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