For Electrical Contractors
A remote electrical estimator does your takeoffs, prices material and labor with your numbers, and builds bids from plans and specs, so you and your PMs can stay on the jobs you’ve already won.
They work full-time for your company only, in your estimating software, for one flat monthly rate. We recruit them, run payroll and HR, and replace them if it doesn’t work out.
Zero Risk: You don’t pay if you don’t hire
The Integrated Hire Difference:
Your estimator works from the same bid documents you’d hand an in-house estimator, and returns a bid you can review and send.
You send
You get back
Takeoffs are the core of the job, but a bid isn’t done until it’s priced, checked and sent.
Counts devices and fixtures and measures conduit, wire and feeders, including lighting, fire alarm and low voltage when they’re in your scope.
Sends RFQs to your suppliers, compares quotes and keeps your material pricing current.
Applies your labor units and adjusts for conditions like ceiling heights, access or occupied spaces.
Builds the proposal with your inclusions, exclusions, clarifications and alternates.
Updates the estimate for each addendum before bid day and drafts RFIs when the documents conflict.
Prices change orders on jobs you’ve won, with the same units and pricing as the original bid.
Counts are electrical estimators with 2+ years in our pipeline who list each tool. Tell us your stack and we’ll screen for it.
20+ applicants. Digital takeoff.
20+ applicants. Counts, measurements and markups.
20+ applicants. Reading and checking drawings.
10+ applicants. Bid management and project documents.
5+ applicants. Electrical estimating and labor units.
Electrical estimating.
Cloud takeoff.
Electrical estimating.
Tools without a count are listed by fewer than five applicants. Based on our pipeline as of October 2026.
Anonymized summaries of applicants who have estimated electrical work for U.S. contractors. Every search is new, matched to your work types and software.
Takeoffs, plan-and-spec and service estimating in Accubid for U.S. contractors.
Lead estimator for a U.S. electrical contractor since 2021: ConEst takeoffs, supplier RFQs, submittals and proposals.
Electrical takeoffs and bids for multi-story residential projects.
Summaries are anonymized. Availability changes week to week.
Estimating services price each bid, usually by project size. That works for overflow. If you bid every week, an estimator who learns your units and suppliers can cost less and bid more like you.
| Dedicated estimator (Integrated Hire) | Per-bid estimating service | Local in-house estimator | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | One flat monthly rate, all-inclusive | A fee per bid, often by project size | Salary plus payroll taxes and benefits |
| Labor units and pricing | Your units and supplier quotes | Often their own database, unless you provide yours | Your units and supplier quotes |
| Addenda and revisions | Part of the job | Depends on the service | Part of the job |
| Change orders after you win | Priced by the person who bid it | Usually a new order | Part of the job |
| Time to start | Meet your top 3 in ~14 days | Order today | Often 2–3+ months to hire |
| Commitment | No long-term contract. 2 weeks’ notice | Pay per bid | Employment obligations |
Enter what an estimating service charges you per bid and how many bids you send each month.
At these numbers, a dedicated hire costs $2,030 less per month.
Example figures only. Published per-project prices from estimating services run from about $100 for small jobs to $1,500 or more for complex ones, so enter your own. Your estimator’s rate depends on experience, and we confirm it on your first call.
A per-bid service makes sense if you bid a few jobs a month, need overflow help in a busy season, or want a quick number on work outside your usual scope.
A dedicated estimator makes sense if:
We recruit, vet and run payroll. You judge the work before anyone starts.
Tell us your work types, bid volume, software and how your labor units are set up. We define the role together.
We screen 500+ applicants for U.S. electrical estimating experience and present your top 3.
Give finalists the plans from a job you’ve already bid and compare their counts and hours with yours.
Your estimator starts in your software with your units. We run payroll and HR, and replace them at no cost if it doesn’t work out.
They do your takeoffs, price material and labor, and build bids and proposals from plans and specs. They also update estimates for addenda and price change orders. With Integrated Hire, your estimator works full-time for your company only.
Yes. They work in your estimating software with your labor units, markups and supplier pricing, so each bid looks like one you’d build yourself.
Applicants in our pipeline most often list PlanSwift, Bluebeam Revu and AutoCAD. Fewer have used Accubid, ConEst or McCormick. We screen for whatever you run.
You do, the same as for an in-house estimator. Your estimator works under a seat in your account, so your database and past bids stay with you.
Some can. Applicants in our pipeline have estimated low-voltage, fire alarm, EV charging and renewable scopes alongside standard electrical work. Tell us your scopes and we’ll screen for them.
We screen for experience on U.S. projects, where plans and specs follow the NEC. Your estimator prices what’s drawn and specified. Design and code decisions stay with your engineer of record and your team.
It depends on how often you bid. A service charges per bid, while a dedicated estimator costs the same every month. Use the calculator above to find your break-even point.
Your estimator works your priorities, in your time zone. For real spikes, some contractors keep an estimating service for overflow and use their dedicated estimator for core bids.
Book a short call with our team. Tell us what you bid, how often and in which software, and we’ll outline exactly who we’d recruit.
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