Electrician salary
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the U.S. earn a median of $63,190 a year, or $30.38 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $108,510 a year.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $20.50/hr
- Jobs nationwide
- 757,220
- Median hourly pay
- $30.38/hr
- Mean (average) pay
- $71,490 a year · $34.37 an hour
Pay by percentile
What electricians in the U.S. earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| 25th percentile | $23.76 | $49,430 |
| Median (50th) | $30.38 | $63,190 |
| 75th percentile | $40.36 | $83,940 |
| 90th percentile | $52.17 | $108,510 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
Pay over time
The median electrician wage in the U.S. rose 5.2%, from $60,040 in May 2021 to $63,190 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 11.9%.
| Year | Median a year | Median an hour |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | $60,040 | $28.87/hr |
| May 2022 | $60,240 | $28.96/hr |
| May 2023 | $61,590 | $29.61/hr |
| May 2024 | $62,350 | $29.98/hr |
| May 2025 | $63,190 | $30.38/hr |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years
Electrician pay by state
- Oregon$101,310
- Illinois$99,560
- Hawaii$96,460
- Washington$95,220
- Alaska$89,440
- Massachusetts$79,420
- District of Columbia$78,970
- New York$78,750
- Minnesota$78,160
- Connecticut$77,540
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- New Jersey$77,250
- Montana$76,760
- Wisconsin$76,540
- Michigan$76,270
- California$76,160
- Wyoming$76,120
- Maine$75,380
- Rhode Island$74,090
- Nevada$73,570
- Maryland$73,490
- Indiana$68,490
- Pennsylvania$67,600
- Kansas$65,860
- North Dakota$65,710
- Missouri$65,410
- West Virginia$64,810
- Ohio$64,700
- Delaware$63,700
- Vermont$63,430
- Idaho$63,000
- Virginia$62,900
- New Hampshire$62,840
- Colorado$62,230
- Utah$62,000
- Louisiana$61,540
- South Dakota$61,390
- Tennessee$61,090
- Arizona$61,060
- Oklahoma$61,010
- Iowa$60,860
- Mississippi$60,860
- Nebraska$60,820
- Kentucky$59,720
- South Carolina$58,740
- Texas$58,570
- New Mexico$58,390
- Georgia$58,320
- Florida$57,250
- North Carolina$56,800
- Alabama$55,690
- Arkansas$49,070
Top-paying metro areas
Every metro area ranked by electrician pay after cost of living
Other trades in the U.S.
Questions
- Which state pays electricians the most?
- Oregon, with a median of $101,310 a year, followed by Illinois ($99,560). Arkansas has the lowest median, $49,070.
- Which metro area pays electricians the most?
- The Kankakee, IL area, with a median of $105,500 a year.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2111 (Electricians). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed electricians and business owners aren't included. Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures