Electrician Singapore Price List

Across the published Singapore sources we collected on 18 August 2026, an ordinary-hours call-out or minimum charge runs roughly S$40–80, most small jobs land between S$60 and S$220, distribution board work runs from about S$320 into the low thousands, and whole-flat rewiring runs from roughly S$1,500 to S$5,500 depending on flat type and scope. Those are published market ranges from named third parties, not our rates. Every figure on this page carries its source and the date it was collected, because a price guide without both is guesswork.

There generally is not one, and that is the honest answer to a question Google asks twice on this search. Singapore electrical work is overwhelmingly quoted per job or per point rather than per hour: a socket replacement, a light point, a DB box. What functions like an hourly minimum is the call-out or transport charge, published between S$40 and S$80 across sources, with one provider listing a S$50 minimum transport allowance. If someone quotes you an hourly rate, ask what the minimum billing period is, because that is where the real number hides.

Sometimes, and it is entirely provider-specific. Some firms absorb the call-out into the job when work proceeds; others charge it regardless. Published 2026 pricing also shows charges that sit on top of the headline figure, around S$10 per visit as a fuel surcharge and roughly S$30 for an urgent or customer-requested time slot. This single question is worth asking in writing before anyone is dispatched, because it is the most common source of a bill that feels larger than the quote.

Published 2026 Singapore ranges put a 13A double socket replacement at S$60–120, with brand upgrades adding roughly S$20–40, and a new power point on surface trunking at S$120–220. A single 13A point on a suitable existing circuit starts from about S$80. Light points run S$80–180 each in one 2026 source and S$40–150 in a 2025 source, and ceiling fan installation on existing wiring runs S$80–220. One provider publishes an electrical point from S$40 and a DC lighting point from S$25, which shows how much the low end depends on what is already in place.

Published cost guides put DB box repair or replacement at S$320–800 for a typical HDB or condo, with larger DB and rewiring works from S$1,000 upward. One provider page lists S$200–400 per replacement. Community reporting shows how far outside those bands after-hours quotes can sit: S$900 quoted at around 1am for burnt circuit-breaker components, against up to S$550 for the same work the next morning. If you are being quoted well above the published band, the hour of day is usually the reason, and it is worth knowing that before you agree.

Advertised renovation packages currently list around S$2,999 for a 5-room flat, but treat that as a floor rather than a total. Interior-design estimates published by Qanvast put a 4-room BTO at S$2,500–3,500 and a 4-room resale flat at S$3,500–4,500, and a separate 2026 guide puts complete electrical work for a 5-room or executive flat above the S$3,000–5,500 band it gives for a 4-room. The important caveat is the package trap: a designer quoted by Qanvast states that a package typically covers about 75% of the final electrical cost.

Usually because the package was priced on a minimum number of points and the real count was made on site. A Singapore designer quoted by Qanvast puts a typical package at about 75% of the overall electrical rewiring cost, with the remainder arriving as a variation order. Other common causes are making good: patching and repainting after concealed work: being excluded, and parts upgrades. None of these is necessarily improper, but all of them are avoidable surprises if you ask for the assumed point count, the per-point rate beyond it, and whether making good is included, before signing.

Only for non-domestic premises. Homes do not need an electrical installation licence at all. If you run business premises with an approved load above 45kVA, EMA’s published fees are S$100 for a 12-month electrical installation licence, S$50 for 3 months, S$150 for a 12-month supply installation licence and S$21.40 including GST for a replacement licence. Those are statutory fees paid to the regulator and entirely separate from what your Licensed Electrical Worker charges for the inspection and application, EMA explicitly does not regulate that.

Not without checking that the quotes describe the same job. The four things that most often differ are whether diagnosis is included or billed separately, whether the call-out is absorbed when work proceeds, how many points a rewiring price assumes, and whether making good is in or out. Make every quote state those four and the spread usually collapses. And check that the person quoting holds a current EMA licence: you can verify any Licensed Electrical Worker free on the ELISE register, and unlicensed work leaves you with no recourse at all.