Do electricians make more in Valdosta or Chattanooga?

Chattanooga pays more: the median is $50,560 in Valdosta and $72,330 in Chattanooga, a 30% difference.

Electrician salary in Valdosta, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Valdosta, GA area earn a median of $50,560 a year, or $24.31 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $72,610. Across all of Georgia, the median is $58,320, so Valdosta pays 13% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$50,560

Bottom 10% under$31,150Top 10% over$72,610

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $14.98/hr
Jobs in this area: 450
After cost of living: $57,280
Median hourly pay: $24.31/hr
vs U.S. median: −20%
vs Georgia median: −13%
Mean (average) pay: $52,790 a year · $25.38 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 46660, Valdosta, GA). 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 Valdosta, 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	$14.98	$31,150
25th percentile	$18.62	$38,730
Median (50th)	$24.31	$50,560
75th percentile	$29.08	$60,480
90th percentile	$34.91	$72,610

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

How Valdosta, GA compares

Valdosta ranks 13th of 15 Georgia metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are more concentrated in the Valdosta area than nationally: 8.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Valdosta or Chattanooga?: Chattanooga pays more: the median is $50,560 in Valdosta and $72,330 in Chattanooga, a 30% 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 46660 (Valdosta, 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 (88.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures