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Electrician salary in Yuma, AZ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Yuma, AZ area earn a median of $58,830 a year, or $28.28 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $77,960 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $61,060; Yuma is 4% below it.

Median yearly pay$58,830
Bottom 10% under$39,330Top 10% over$77,960
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$18.91/hr
Jobs in this area
340
After cost of living
$63,460
Median hourly pay
$28.28/hr
vs U.S. median
−7%
vs Arizona median
−4%
Mean (average) pay
$58,690 a year · $28.22 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49740, Yuma, AZ). Excludes self-employed electricians. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What electricians in Yuma, AZ 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$18.91$39,330
25th percentile$21.70$45,140
Median (50th)$28.28$58,830
75th percentile$35.90$74,670
90th percentile$37.48$77,960

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Yuma, AZ compares

  • Yuma ranks 5th of 7 Arizona metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Yuma area as nationally: 4.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Yuma or Flagstaff?
Flagstaff pays more: the median is $58,830 in Yuma and $61,330 in Flagstaff, a 4% difference.

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), area code 49740 (Yuma, AZ). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed electricians and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (92.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures