Cost to hire an electrician to install a light is between $150.00 to $250.00 depending on what the electrician needs to do.
If he needs to run complete new wiring to the light fixture and install a light where no light fixture was before then it can cost up to $250.00
If the electrician only needs to replace a light fixture then it will usually cost around $150.00 to perform the install of the light.
Electricians hourly rates vary from location to location, some electricians charge $50.00 an hour while other electricians charge $100.00 per hour plus a service charge of $100.00
So expect to pay at least $150.00 to have a light fixture installed by a licensed electrician.
If the light fixture just needs replaced you can usually get it done cheaper by a handyman service or just a handyman around your town looking for work.
A light fixture is a simple job and most new light fixtures contain snap on electrical connections.
I changed a light fixture out myself last month and all I had to do was shut the power off and then untwist the black, white and ground wire from the wire nuts and then connect the black to black and the white to white and the ground to ground by just pushing on the connections.
And then reinstall the light with the mounting screws.