Electrician salary in Yuba City, CA
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the Yuba City, CA area earn a median of $65,660 a year, or $31.57 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $142,650 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $76,160; Yuba City is 14% below it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $22.13/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 220
- After cost of living
- $62,990
- Median hourly pay
- $31.57/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +4%
- vs California median
- −14%
- Mean (average) pay
- $77,700 a year · $37.36 an hour
Pay by percentile
What electricians in Yuba City, CA 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 | $22.13 | $46,030 |
| 25th percentile | $23.56 | $49,000 |
| Median (50th) | $31.57 | $65,660 |
| 75th percentile | $43.99 | $91,490 |
| 90th percentile | $68.58 | $142,650 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Yuba City, CA compares
- Yuba City ranks 22nd of 25 California metro areas for electrician pay.
- Electricians are less concentrated in the Yuba City area than nationally: 4.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.87 times the U.S. share.
Other California metro areas
Other trades in Yuba City, CA
Questions
- Do electricians make more in Yuba City or San Francisco?
- San Francisco pays more: the median is $65,660 in Yuba City and $92,830 in San Francisco, a 29% 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 49700 (Yuba City, CA). 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 (104.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures