Electrician salary in Savannah, GA
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the Savannah, GA area earn a median of $58,430 a year, or $28.09 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $84,150. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $58,320; Savannah is right at that level.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $18.68/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 650
- After cost of living
- $61,370
- Median hourly pay
- $28.09/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −8%
- vs Georgia median
- 0%
- Mean (average) pay
- $59,750 a year · $28.73 an hour
Pay by percentile
What electricians in Savannah, GA 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 | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| 25th percentile | $22.84 | $47,510 |
| Median (50th) | $28.09 | $58,430 |
| 75th percentile | $31.63 | $65,790 |
| 90th percentile | $40.46 | $84,150 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Savannah, GA compares
- Savannah ranks 7th of 15 Georgia metro areas for electrician pay.
- Electricians are less concentrated in the Savannah area than nationally: 3.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.67 times the U.S. share.
Other Georgia metro areas
Other trades in Savannah, GA
Questions
- Do electricians make more in Savannah or Chattanooga?
- Chattanooga pays more: the median is $58,430 in Savannah and $72,330 in Chattanooga, a 19% 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 42340 (Savannah, GA). 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 (95.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures