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22 kW standby generator cost installed in Wyoming

A 22 kW standby generator installed in Wyoming
$13,276
the most common whole-house size sold · typical range $9,702 – $17,871
Typical totalinstalled, 22 kw$13,276
Range you should see in bidsthree bids on the same scope normally land inside this$9,702 – $17,871
Labor portion45% of the job — this is the part that moves by state$5,974
Material portion55% — bought at national prices$7,302
Electricians pay in Wyomingabout $36/hr · BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 47-2111$74,860/yr
U.S. mean for the same tradeSOC 47-2111$71,490/yr
Versus the national priceWyoming trade pay runs +4.7% against the U.S. mean+$276

Notes

  • Where the number comes from. The national price for a 22 kW standby generator installed is $13,000 installed — standby generator pricing published for 2026, unit plus installation. Labor is about 45% of that. Electricians in Wyoming average $74,860 a year against a U.S. mean of $71,490 — a factor of 1.047 — so the labor half is scaled by that and the material half is not.
  • What is in the price: the generator, a concrete or composite pad, the transfer switch, electrical connection, gas piping from an existing supply, permit and commissioning.
  • What is not: a propane tank and its burial, a gas meter upsize where the utility requires one, trenching over long distances, and the annual service contract. These are the lines that turn a $13,276 quote into a $16,595 invoice, so ask about each one before signing.
  • Why state matters more than people expect. Materials ship at national prices; crews do not move. Wyoming sits above the national mean by 4.7%, which lands on 45% of the job and moves the total by $276.
  • Use this as a bid check, not a quote. It prices an average job in an 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.

A 22 kW standby generator in Wyoming

$13,276 is the typical installed figure, and bids normally land between $9,702 and $17,871. This is a job price, not a unit price.

Why this is not the national number

The same job at the U.S. average comes to $13,000 — this one is $276 more.

Electricians in Wyoming average $74,860 a year against a U.S. mean of $71,490, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for May 2025, SOC 47-2111. That is about $36 an hour of trade pay, a factor of 1.047.

Labour is 45% of this job; material is the other 55% and it costs the same everywhere. Only the labour half is scaled.

$5,974 of labour, $7,302 of material.

The transfer switch is a real share of this

A whole-house automatic transfer switch costs meaningfully more than an essential-circuits one, and it decides whether you pick your loads in advance or the generator carries everything. It belongs in the budget next to the machine, not discovered inside the quote.

Gas supply is where quotes diverge

Natural gas at the meter is the easy case. Where the existing meter cannot deliver enough for the generator plus the furnace and water heater, the utility has to upsize it — that is their schedule, not the contractor's, and it can add weeks.

Propane means a tank, a pad or a burial, and a fill. None of that is in the figure above.

Service is not optional and it is annual

Oil, filters, plugs and a load test, roughly $200–$500 a year. A standby generator that has not been exercised is a generator that will not start on the night it is needed, and the exercise cycle is why the unit runs itself for a few minutes each week.

Using this against a real bid

Three quotes on identical scope should cluster. One well under $9,702 usually means something was left out rather than found cheaper; one well over $17,871 is a harder job than average, or a crew that does not want the work.

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