# Heat pump installation cost in Sacramento | Costolio URL: https://costolio.com/home/heat-pump-installation-cost/sacramento/ Updated: 2026-11-02 # Heat pump installation cost in Sacramento In Sacramento, the median declared value on 1986 heat pump installation permits issued 2022-01-03 to 2025-12-31 was $15,742, according to BldgPermitIssued_Archive permit data (checked 2026-11-02). n = 1986 permits Median$15,742 25th percentile$10,021 75th percentile$21,246 ## Heat pump installation cost in Sacramento: permit figures 1986 permits · 2022-01-03 to 2025-12-31 · [BldgPermitIssued_Archive](https://services5.arcgis.com/54falWtcpty3V47Z/arcgis/rest/services/BldgPermitIssued_Archive/FeatureServer) | Figure | Value | | Median | $15,742 | | 25th percentile | $10,021 | | 75th percentile | $21,246 | How this was counted1986 permits · 2022-01-03 to 2025-12-31 · Source: [BldgPermitIssued_Archive](https://services5.arcgis.com/54falWtcpty3V47Z/arcgis/rest/services/BldgPermitIssued_Archive/FeatureServer) · Filter: https://services5.arcgis.com/54falWtcpty3V47Z/arcgis/rest/services/BldgPermitIssued_Archive/FeatureServer/0/query where=(1=1) AND (Status_Date LIKE '%/2022%' OR Status_Date LIKE '%/2023%' OR Status_Date LIKE '%/2024%' OR Status_Date LIKE '%/2025%' OR Status_Date LIKE '%/2026%') ; rule: keyword /HEAT ?PUMP/ AND NOT /WATER HEATER|HEAT PUMP WATER|HPWH|POOL|NEW (SFD|S\.?F\.?D|SINGLE[- ]FAMILY|DWELLING|HOUSE|HOME|BUILDING|\d+[- ]STORY|DUPLEX|CONDO|APARTMENT)|ADDITION|\bADU\b|TENANT/ ; residential only ; cost>0 · Pulled: 2026-11-02T14:19:22-08:00 · Checked on: 2026-11-02 ## What a heat pump installation permit usually covers Installing a heat pump for heating and cooling. Usually the indoor and outdoor units, refrigerant lines and the electrical circuit. Ductwork changes, panel upgrades and rebates are handled separately. ## Heat pump installation in Sacramento compared with other places Among the 2 places where we have heat pump installation figures, Sacramento has the median at position 1 from lowest. Sacramento has the lowest median of these. Higher medians: Santa Monica. Other Sacramento projects with figures: Roof replacement. Read this first. Permit values are self-reported by the applicant to set permit fees. They often leave out materials or labor, and they are not what the contractor actually charged. A quote above or below this range can be reasonable. ## About this Sacramento sample - 1986 permits after dropping $0 or blank values (0% of keyword matches had no cost) - cost field Valuation in BldgPermitIssued_Archive - permits issued 2022-01-03 to 2025-12-31 ## Heat pump installation permits in Sacramento by year 1,616 of these permits were issued in 2025, the busiest year in this sample. Counting only full years, the number of permits went up in 2023, then up in 2024. The median declared value went down in 2023, then down in 2024. 2022 and 2025 are partial years here, so their counts are lower. Heat pump installation permits and median in Sacramento by year | Year issued | Permits | Median | | 2022 | 44 | $22,854 | | 2023 | 99 | $19,648 | | 2024 | 227 | $16,720 | | 2025 | 1,616 | $15,300 | By month issued, the busiest months were December, July, June, and the quietest were February, January, April. ## What the Sacramento heat pump installation permits describe We read the description each applicant wrote, leave out the standard wording the city adds to every permit, and sort the permit by the words it uses. The permit type the city chose is not used here. Where the description does not say, we count it as not stated. The most common kind here is heat pump, ducts not mentioned. - Heat pump, ducts not mentioned: 1,455 permits (73%), median $16,470 - Heat pump with ducts: 186 permits (9%), median $24,501 - Mini-split or ductless: 46 permits (2%), median $19,282 - Not stated in the description: 299 permits (15%), median $5,588 ## Other work listed on the same Sacramento permits Out of 1,702 Sacramento heat pump installation permits with a description of their own, 56 (3.3%) also mention electrical work; 10 (0.6%) also mention plumbing; 9 (0.5%) also mention windows or doors; 1 (0.1%) also mention structural or framing. ## How we matched heat pump installation permits in Sacramento Sacramento has no permit type for this work, so we count a permit when its description mentions heat pump. We leave out permits whose description mentions water heaters, heat pump water heaters, pools, new homes and buildings, additions, ADUs or tenant work. We keep only permits for homes, not commercial buildings, and only permits with a declared value above $0. Counted from the same 1986 permits as the figures above (2022-01-03 to 2025-12-31). Source: [BldgPermitIssued_Archive](https://services5.arcgis.com/54falWtcpty3V47Z/arcgis/rest/services/BldgPermitIssued_Archive/FeatureServer). ## Related - [Heat pump installation in Santa Monica](https://costolio.com/home/heat-pump-installation-cost/santa-monica/) - [All costs in Sacramento](https://costolio.com/home/cities/sacramento/) - [Compare my quote with permit records](https://costolio.com/home/quote-check/?project=heat-pump-installation&city=sacramento) [Got a quote?See where it sits next to these permit values.](https://costolio.com/home/quote-check/?project=heat-pump-installation&city=sacramento)