How Much Does It Cost to Install a Level 2 EV Charger in Colorado?

A national DOE installation sample, Colorado electrician wages from BLS, and the AFDC programs that exist in the extract reviewed on 2026-10-25. This page does not invent a statewide installation price.

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The short answer: There is no published statewide Level 2 installation price for Colorado on this page. In the 2022 Idaho National Laboratory sample of Smart Charge America residential jobs, installation, with the charger itself not included, had a median of $1,098 and a mean of $1,310, from about $150 to about $18,000. Colorado's May 2025 mean electrician wage is $31.88 an hour, index 0.93 versus the U.S. mean of $34.37, about 7% below the U.S. mean. That index is not a quote.

National installation sample, labeled by scope

Use these figures as the national picture. They are not a bid for Colorado. Distance, permit examples, the service-upgrade sample, and the multifamily sample are on the hub methodology.

Charger hardware is a separate price from installation. Idaho National Laboratory report INL/RPT-22-68598 (Schey, Chu, and Smart, August 2022) checked Amazon.com and found 30 basic residential Level 2 wall-mount units from $335 to $899, with a median of $549, and a median of $575 for 22 smart units. That report quotes Rocky Mountain Institute at $380 to $689. The AFDC infrastructure page, reviewed on 2026-10-25, quotes the RMI range as $380 to $690. Both wordings are cited. This page does not pick one.

Sources: Schey, Chu, and Smart, Breakdown of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Installation Costs, INL/RPT-22-68598, August 2022; OSTI PDF of INL/RPT-22-68598; AFDC, Procurement and Installation for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.

The same INL report uses Smart Charge America billing records: more than 4,800 residential records, primarily from July 2018 to May 2022, from contractors in 20 major metros and from outside those metros. Installation cost, analyzed separately from the charger price, ran from about $150 to about $18,000. The mean was $1,310 and the median was $1,098. 45% of those installation costs were under $800. The report defines that installation cost as labor, materials such as wiring and conduit, permit fees, travel, and added fees such as design and overhead. Do not add labor again on top of $1,310.

Sources: Schey, Chu, and Smart, INL/RPT-22-68598, August 2022.

AFDC's infrastructure page says residential Level 2 installation is approximately $1,300 per connector and says that figure does not include labor and permitting. It cites the National Laboratory of the Rockies and Idaho National Laboratory levelized-cost report. That is a different citation, and a different scope, from the $1,310 mean above, which already includes labor and permits. Do not stack the two figures.

Sources: AFDC, Procurement and Installation for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.

The federal Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit, 26 U.S.C. 30C, expired for property placed in service after June 30, 2026. AFDC lists that expiration date. For a charger at a principal residence in a qualified location from January 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026, the credit was 30% of the cost, up to $1,000. A new installation does not qualify. In that same window, the business credit was 6% of depreciable costs, or 30% if prevailing-wage and apprenticeship rules were met, up to $100,000 per item. That business credit is also closed for property placed in service after June 30, 2026.

Sources: AFDC law 10513, Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit; IRS, Instructions for Form 8911.

Electrician wages in Colorado

Colorado electricians (SOC 47-2111, all industries) had a mean hourly wage of $31.88 and a mean annual wage of $66,310 in the May 2025 OEWS release. Employment was 17,010. The median hourly wage was $29.92. The U.S. mean was $34.37 an hour and $71,490 a year, with employment of 757,220. The state mean divided by the U.S. mean is 0.93, about 7% below the U.S. mean. That is the 20th-lowest mean hourly wage among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The index is 0.93: the state mean hourly wage divided by the U.S. mean of $34.37, rounded to two decimals. About 7% below the U.S. mean. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers and excludes the self-employed. A contractor's bill rate is not this wage. The 2022 installation report's average electrician time is on the hub. This page does not multiply that time by $31.88.

Source: Colorado electricians, May 2025 OEWS and the national electricians table. Workbooks: oesm25st.zip and oesm25nat.zip.

Programs AFDC lists for Colorado

Amounts below are copied from the AFDC record. If a program is for workplaces, public sites, or multifamily buildings, the label says so. Funding can be exhausted before the law page comes down. Check the program site before you apply.

Public, workplace, fleet, or commercial programs

Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Grants

Charge Ahead Colorado. Not a typical single-family garage rebate. Amounts are the Colorado Energy Office schedule retrieved on October 30, 2026, not the older AFDC 80% formula.

The Colorado Energy Office Charge Ahead Colorado page lists a Level 2 incentive of $5,000 per charging port and an enhanced incentive of $7,000 per charging port, with a minimum match of 20%, reduced to 10% for qualifying entities. The standard and multifamily portfolio lane was open through October 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time. A rolling lane is described as open year-round for projects requesting $50,000 or less for Level 2 charging or charging outlets. Do not use the older AFDC formula of 80% of charger cost up to $7,000.

AFDC law 6578 · Program site

Utility offers AFDC lists

AFDC assigns each utility record below to Colorado. Confirm the utility serves the address before you count on an offer. A few utility names show up under more than one state in AFDC. Each bullet is quoted from that record's Residential Incentives / Infrastructure section and names a Level 2 charger, wiring, panel, or make-ready offer. Direct-current fast-charging-only bullets are left out. A record that says no incentives are currently offered is left out. A dollar amount appears only when the bullet states it. This page does not add one.

Black Hills Energy - Colorado

AFDC record 13580 · Utility page linked by AFDC

CORE Electric Cooperative - Colorado

AFDC record 14015 · Utility page linked by AFDC

Gunnison County Electric Association - Colorado

AFDC record 13692 · Utility page linked by AFDC

Holy Cross Energy - Colorado

AFDC record 13693 · Utility page linked by AFDC

Mountain View Electric Association - Colorado

AFDC record 13642 · Utility page linked by AFDC

San Isabel Electric Association - Colorado

AFDC record 13694 · Utility page linked by AFDC

United Power - Colorado

AFDC record 14014 · Utility page linked by AFDC

Xcel Energy - Colorado

AFDC record 13562 · Utility page linked by AFDC

Look up the utility for an address in the AFDC U-Finder.

Building, access, and permitting rules

These are access, building, or permitting rules, not rebates. A dollar amount or a percent in this list is a project-size trigger or a share of parking spaces.

What to do with these numbers

Ask for an itemized written quote: charger, circuit, panel or service work, utility fees, trenching, permits, and exclusions. The panel question is separate. The panel guide does not publish an upgrade price. What it costs to charge after the hardware is in is on the Colorado charging-cost page.

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FAQ: installing a Level 2 charger in Colorado

How much does it cost to install a Level 2 EV charger in Colorado?

There is no published statewide Level 2 installation price for Colorado on this page. In the 2022 Idaho National Laboratory sample of Smart Charge America residential jobs, installation, with the charger itself not included, had a median of $1,098 and a mean of $1,310, from about $150 to about $18,000. Colorado's May 2025 mean electrician wage is $31.88 an hour, index 0.93 versus the U.S. mean of $34.37, about 7% below the U.S. mean. That index is not a quote.

Does Colorado have a Level 2 charger rebate?

The AFDC records reviewed on 2026-10-25 do not state a resident or make-ready dollar cap for Colorado. Public or utility programs may still exist. This page lists the ones in that extract and does not invent a rebate amount.

Can a new home Level 2 installation still claim the federal 30C credit?

The federal Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit, 26 U.S.C. 30C, expired for property placed in service after June 30, 2026. AFDC lists that expiration date. For a charger at a principal residence in a qualified location from January 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026, the credit was 30% of the cost, up to $1,000. A new installation does not qualify. In that same window, the business credit was 6% of depreciable costs, or 30% if prevailing-wage and apprenticeship rules were met, up to $100,000 per item. That business credit is also closed for property placed in service after June 30, 2026.

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