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Electrician salary in Bloomington, IN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Bloomington, IN area earn a median of $65,660 a year, or $31.57 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $95,160. That's 4% less than the Indiana median of $68,490.

Median yearly pay$65,660
Bottom 10% under$45,320Top 10% over$95,160
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$21.79/hr
Jobs in this area
210
After cost of living
$69,050
Median hourly pay
$31.57/hr
vs U.S. median
+4%
vs Indiana median
−4%
Mean (average) pay
$69,800 a year · $33.56 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 14020, Bloomington, IN). 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 Bloomington, IN 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$21.79$45,320
25th percentile$24.25$50,440
Median (50th)$31.57$65,660
75th percentile$44.46$92,470
90th percentile$45.75$95,160

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

How Bloomington, IN compares

  • Bloomington ranks 10th of 15 Indiana metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians are less concentrated in the Bloomington area than nationally: 2.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.60 times the U.S. share.

Other Indiana metro areas

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Bloomington or Chicago?
Chicago pays more: the median is $65,660 in Bloomington and $102,350 in Chicago, a 36% 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 14020 (Bloomington, IN). 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 (95.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures