Do electricians make more in Owensboro or Huntington?

Huntington pays more: the median is $55,030 in Owensboro and $63,620 in Huntington, a 14% difference.

Electrician salary in Owensboro, KY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Owensboro, KY area earn a median of $55,030 a year, or $26.46 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $85,410. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $59,720; Owensboro is 8% below it.

Median yearly pay$55,030

Bottom 10% under$36,200Top 10% over$85,410

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.40/hr
Jobs in this area: 260
After cost of living: $62,100
Median hourly pay: $26.46/hr
vs U.S. median: −13%
vs Kentucky median: −8%
Mean (average) pay: $58,840 a year · $28.29 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36980, Owensboro, KY). 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 Owensboro, KY 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	$17.40	$36,200
25th percentile	$21.41	$44,540
Median (50th)	$26.46	$55,030
75th percentile	$37.13	$77,220
90th percentile	$41.06	$85,410

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

How Owensboro, KY compares

Owensboro ranks 8th of 9 Kentucky metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Owensboro area as nationally: 5.2 of every 1,000 jobs.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Owensboro or Huntington?: Huntington pays more: the median is $55,030 in Owensboro and $63,620 in Huntington, a 14% 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 36980 (Owensboro, KY). 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 (88.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures