Home Elevator Cost in Oregon
- Typical installed price, 2 floors (US)
- $30,000–$50,000
- Our estimate for Oregon, 2 floors
- $32,000–$55,000
- US range, cheapest to dearest kind
- $20,000–$60,000
- Oregon state fee
- From $98, scales with project cost
Ask whether your installer's quote already includes the Oregon state fee.
Installed Price by Kind of Lift
Installed for two floors. Our Oregon estimate moves each US price by the same share as the state's two-floor estimate (elevator installers' pay against the US).
| Kind of lift | Our estimate in Oregon, 2 floors |
|---|---|
 Shaftless home elevator | $21,000–$39,000 |
 Small one person lift | $27,000–$33,000 |
 Hydraulic elevator | $27,000–$62,000 |
 Traction or cable elevator | $29,000–$55,000 |
 Through floor lift | $32,000–$66,000 |
 Pneumatic vacuum elevator | $37,000–$66,000 |
Installed for two floors. Also priced: a platform lift (an open platform, not an enclosed elevator) $5,000–$20,000, and a glass elevator $50,000–$100,000. Yearly service: $300–$760 (Angi).
Rules and Installer Pay in Oregon
- State permit or inspection
- Partly: state permit and install inspection only
- Licensed installer for home work
- No: home work is exempt
- Elevator installer pay
- $66.64 an hour (US $52.84)
- State inspection
- required before you can use the lift
- Yearly state fees
- no charge for a private home
- State help to pay in Oregon
- Medicaid waiver
Rules set by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.
The typical price is the middle of 51 published US prices for two floors (HomeGuide alone quotes $30,000 to $60,000). How the figures are built.
In Oregon, expect a home elevator to cost about the national $30,000 to $50,000 installed, plus a state permit fee starting at $98.
Phone us for a written quote worked out for your own home.
What an Installed Home Elevator Costs
The biggest factor in the price is which kind of lift you choose. These installed figures sit in the middle of the published ranges.
For a two-story house, an elevator commonly lands between $30,000 and $60,000, per HomeGuide. Each floor beyond two adds roughly $9,000 to $15,000.
Added Costs When Your House Is Already Finished
The shaft is the enclosed column the lift rides in. Putting one into a house that is already built out runs about $5,000 to $25,000 more, per Willow Home. A dealer can measure your house and tell you which of these costs fits your situation.
Oregon Permit and Inspection Fees
Private homes get a break from most of Oregon's elevator law, but the installation permit and the installation inspection still apply. The Building Codes Division issues the permit online and does the inspection. The fee scales with the project cost, as laid out in the state fee rules.
| What the project costs | What you pay for the permit |
|---|---|
| Up to $1,000 | $98 flat |
| More than $1,000, up to $14,999 | $98 plus $13 for each $1,000 |
| $15,000 to $49,999 | $280 plus $8 for each $1,000 above $15,000 |
| $50,000 or more | $553 plus $3 for each $1,000 above $50,000 |
If a plan review is needed, it is $78. A reinspection, whether you ask for one or one is needed because a defect was not fixed, is $75.
Inspection Before You Can Use It
Before anyone rides a new home elevator, it has to pass the state inspection. Other new installations can get a temporary permit to run while issues get sorted out, but a private home cannot. So plan your timeline so the inspection is behind you before your family starts relying on the lift.
Yearly Costs After Installation
Once the elevator is in, a private home pays no state operating permit, no yearly fees, and no routine state inspections. You can still request a division inspection, but that visit is at your expense.
Who Can Install It in Oregon?
Elevator work in Oregon normally calls for contractor and mechanic licences. Since the law stops at the permit and inspection for private home elevators, those licences seem not to cover work inside a private home. Electrical work, though, still falls under Oregon's rules for licensed electricians.
The Oregon Elevator Specialty Code is the state's safety code. It builds on national standards with Oregon changes, and it is what the inspector measures your job against.
What Do Installers Earn in Oregon?
Elevator and escalator installers in Oregon make a median of $66.64 an hour, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the country, the median sits at $52.84 an hour. Oregon carpenters who frame the shaft or a floor opening make a median of $30.23 an hour.
Help Paying for a Home Elevator
Two Medicaid routes in Oregon may help cover home changes like an elevator:
- Developmental disabilities services: Medicaid can pay for home modifications. Anything above $5,000 in a plan year needs state review, additions that add square footage don't qualify, and local inspection has to pass before the contractor receives payment. Full details are in the state rule.
- Older adults and people with physical disabilities: the in-home services supports list includes home and environmental modifications. No dollar cap was found in the rule.
Access Technologies, Inc. runs the Oregon Statewide AT Program, the state's assistive technology effort.
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Sources: middle of published US price ranges, Oregon elevator rule (Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services), BLS wage figures for Oregon, ODHS Office of Developmental Disabilities Services, ODHS Aging and People with Disabilities in-home services.
Nearby states: California · Idaho · Nevada · Washington
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