Labor Only Electrician

I would think providing a location might help.

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Maybe the guys selling you the supplies have a name or two for you.

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Yeah, good place to start. Actual word of mouth advertising is the best way to go for this type of work.

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access to electrical supplies at distributor cost.

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A good electrician is likely to have access to these same costs.

This what we did. Get 4 or 5 bids to do the Whole job asking for exact pricing break down separate of labor and material. Once you see the number on the labor cost you can pick the company you like and offer labor cost + 20 to 30%.

But make sure you have everything for the job Ready to go.

Our labor cost was roughly 3,300+30%(990)=4,290

But OP is going to have every single part & piece with extra spares incase something is wrong or breaks. It will be the exact stuff the electrician is used to working with too.

OP, let the electrician do his job and make some money. They aren't short for work and it sets a tone of cheapness on the front end from you.

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It will be the same cost either way if the electrician knows how to make a quote

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Lol, no it won’t. Not close.

Op, I highly doubt you will find this. I’ve worked with guys like this before and they aren’t cheap. The only person that would do that is likely as their side hustle and it has to be worth their time. Not professional is going to do that for you, or at least 95% won’t.

There’s a significant mark up for errors, omissions, and un knowns. If they would normally quote a job at say $100/ hour plus parts plus 10% markup they will quote you $120-150 just for labor .

Let’s say something isn’t quite right and you want them to come back to fix it. You aren’t going to pay him for that. Therefore he has to include that in his initial quote, as a mark up. You wanting to go cheap ( I don’t blame you fwiw) aren’t going to pay extra outside of just for his actual time worked. So he’s going to charge you extra hourly rate to compensate for that.

This is just my experience and as a business owner what I would do.

Op, get quotes for the job first and then get quotes for labor only. Then compare. I think you’ll find it very hard for labor only quotes.

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Lol, no it won’t. Not close.

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Materials + time = profit

I'm going to make my 'parts mark up' profit one way or another. It's just going to be on the labor instead of materials.
No man off the street is getting a better price on materials than any reputable contractor. Only a fool would do a job for cheaper (less profit per job) just because the client bought parts.

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I'm going to make my 'parts mark up' profit one way or another. It's just going to be on the labor instead of materials. No man off the street is getting a better price on materials than any reputable contractor. Only a fool would do a job for cheaper (less profit per job) just because the client bought parts.

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Correct, but also as I was saying the biggest issue with a labor only quote is people know the client will be watching them like a hawk. No taking a second coffee break, that hour and 15 minute lunch better not be included, etc.

That’s why a one time quote is just so much easier for a contractor. Round up a little to include things. It also prevents arguments with the client down the road on penny pinching.

But yes as you said, if an electrician normally charges $100/ hour they aren’t going to do a labor only job for $100/ hour only.