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Electrician salary in Little Rock, AR

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway, AR area earn a median of $48,200 a year, or $23.17 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $70,720 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $49,070; Little Rock is 2% below it.

Median yearly pay$48,200
Bottom 10% under$34,740Top 10% over$70,720
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$16.70/hr
Jobs in this area
1,870
After cost of living
$53,940
Median hourly pay
$23.17/hr
vs U.S. median
−24%
vs Arkansas median
−2%
Mean (average) pay
$51,710 a year · $24.86 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30780, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR). 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 Little Rock, AR 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$16.70$34,740
25th percentile$18.07$37,590
Median (50th)$23.17$48,200
75th percentile$29.41$61,170
90th percentile$34.00$70,720

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

How Little Rock, AR compares

  • Little Rock ranks 6th of 7 Arkansas metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Little Rock area as nationally: 5.2 of every 1,000 jobs.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Little Rock or Memphis?
Memphis pays more: the median is $48,200 in Little Rock and $60,890 in Memphis, a 21% 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 30780 (Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR). 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 (89.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures