# Heat pump installation cost in Santa Monica | Costolio URL: https://costolio.com/home/heat-pump-installation-cost/santa-monica/ Updated: 2026-11-02 # Heat pump installation cost in Santa Monica In Santa Monica, the median declared value on 30 heat pump installation permits issued 2023-10-12 to 2026-10-28 was $17,959, according to Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only) permit data (checked 2026-11-02). n = 30 permits Median$17,959 25th percentile$8,929 75th percentile$26,017 ## Heat pump installation cost in Santa Monica: permit figures 30 permits · 2023-10-12 to 2026-10-28 · [Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only)](https://data.santamonica.gov/dataset/active-building-and-safety-permits) | Figure | Value | | Median | $17,959 | | 25th percentile | $8,929 | | 75th percentile | $26,017 | How this was counted30 permits · 2023-10-12 to 2026-10-28 · Source: [Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only)](https://data.santamonica.gov/dataset/active-building-and-safety-permits) · Filter: https://data.santamonica.gov/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql sql: SELECT ... FROM "d6867c7d-89bc-4975-be35-4d2673a4764b" WHERE "date_issued" >= '2022-01-01' ; 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/ ; cost>0 · Pulled: 2026-11-02T14:19:22-08:00 · Checked on: 2026-11-02 · Contains data from Santa Monica, made available under the [ODC-BY 1.0](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/) ## 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 Santa Monica compared with other places Among the 2 places where we have heat pump installation figures, Santa Monica has the median at position 2 from lowest. Lower medians: Sacramento. Santa Monica has the highest median of these. Other Santa Monica projects with figures: Roof replacement, Window replacement, Electrical panel upgrade, Seismic retrofit (foundation). 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 Santa Monica sample - 30 permits after dropping $0 or blank values (0% of keyword matches had no cost) - cost field valuation in Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only) - permits issued 2023-10-12 to 2026-10-28 ## Heat pump installation permits in Santa Monica by year 26 of these permits were issued in 2026, the busiest year in this sample. There are no heat pump installation permits from 2024 in the Santa Monica data, so the year-to-year changes below skip that year. 2023 and 2026 are partial years here, so their counts are lower. Heat pump installation permits and median in Santa Monica by year | Year issued | Permits | Median | | 2023 | 1 | fewer than 30 permits | | 2024 | 0 | none in the data | | 2025 | 3 | fewer than 30 permits | | 2026 | 26 | fewer than 30 permits | ## What the Santa Monica 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: 21 permits (70%) - Heat pump with ducts: 7 permits (23%) - Mini-split or ductless: 1 permits (3%) - Not stated in the description: 1 permits (3%) ## Other work listed on the same Santa Monica permits Out of 30 Santa Monica heat pump installation permits with a description of their own, 3 (10%) also mention plumbing; 2 (6.7%) also mention electrical work. ## How we matched heat pump installation permits in Santa Monica Santa Monica 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 with a declared value above $0. Counted from the same 30 permits as the figures above (2023-10-12 to 2026-10-28). Source: [Active Building & Safety Permits (active permits only)](https://data.santamonica.gov/dataset/active-building-and-safety-permits). Contains data from Santa Monica ([source](https://santamonica.gov/disclaimer)), made available under the [ODC-BY 1.0](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/). ## Related - [Heat pump installation in Sacramento](https://costolio.com/home/heat-pump-installation-cost/sacramento/) - [All costs in Santa Monica](https://costolio.com/home/cities/santa-monica/) - [Compare my quote with permit records](https://costolio.com/home/quote-check/?project=heat-pump-installation&city=santa-monica) [Got a quote?See where it sits next to these permit values.](https://costolio.com/home/quote-check/?project=heat-pump-installation&city=santa-monica)