Electrician salary in Palm Bay, FL
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, FL area earn a median of $58,450 a year, or $28.10 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $78,980. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $57,250; Palm Bay is 2% above it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $17.95/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 1,220
- After cost of living
- $58,450
- Median hourly pay
- $28.10/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −8%
- vs Florida median
- +2%
- Mean (average) pay
- $58,350 a year · $28.05 an hour
Pay by percentile
What electricians in Palm Bay, FL 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 | $17.95 | $37,330 |
| 25th percentile | $22.54 | $46,880 |
| Median (50th) | $28.10 | $58,450 |
| 75th percentile | $29.95 | $62,290 |
| 90th percentile | $37.97 | $78,980 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Palm Bay, FL compares
- Palm Bay ranks 4th of 22 Florida metro areas for electrician pay.
- Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Palm Bay area as nationally: 5.0 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Florida metro areas
Other trades in Palm Bay, FL
Questions
- Do electricians make more in Palm Bay or Miami?
- Pay is about the same: the median is $58,450 in Palm Bay and $58,630 in Miami.
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 37340 (Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL). 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 (100.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures