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Panel swap, service upgrade and the meter work, priced separately.

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How much does a 150-amp panel upgrade cost in Federal Way, WA?

A 150-amp panel upgrade in Federal Way, WA

$2,791

the middle option, and often the one that gets skipped over · typical range $2,030 – $3,806

Typical totalinstalled, 150 amp	$2,791
Range you should see in bidsthree bids on the same scope normally land inside this	$2,030 – $3,806
Labor portion68% of the job — this is the part that moves by city	$1,898
Material portion32% — bought at national prices	$893
Electricians pay near Federal Wayabout $48/hr · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro	$99,720/yr
U.S. mean for the same tradeSOC 47-2111	$71,490/yr
Versus the national pricetrade pay here runs +39.5% against the U.S. mean	+$591

Notes

Where the number comes from. The national price for a 150-amp panel upgrade is $2,200 installed — service panel upgrade pricing published for 2026. Labor is about 68% of that. Electricians near Federal Way, WA average $99,720 a year against a U.S. mean of $71,490 — a factor of 1.395 — so the labor half is scaled by that and the material half is not. Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, SOC 47-2111.
Why the city matters, not just the state. Trade pay moves inside a state as much as it does between states. Crews do not commute across a state to bid a job, and materials ship at national prices either way — so a metro wage is the honest input here and a state average quietly rounds four different cities into one number.
What is in the price: the panel, breakers, a new meter base, grounding electrodes, the service mast, permit inspection time, and labor.
What is not: the utility drop, trenching for an underground service, any rewiring inside the house, and repairs to walls the mast passes through. These are the lines that turn a $2,791 quote into a $3,488 invoice, so ask about each one before signing.
Use this as a bid check, not a quote. It prices an average job in average condition. Difficult access, the state of what is being replaced, the season, and a crew booked out three months all move the real number, and none of them are in a national average for the job.

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