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Electrician salary in Springfield, MA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Springfield, MA area earn a median of $77,420 a year, or $37.22 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $109,280. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $79,420; Springfield is 3% below it.

Median yearly pay$77,420
Bottom 10% under$47,050Top 10% over$109,280
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.62/hr
Jobs in this area
860
After cost of living
$80,590
Median hourly pay
$37.22/hr
vs U.S. median
+23%
vs Massachusetts median
−3%
Mean (average) pay
$75,890 a year · $36.48 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 44140, Springfield, MA). 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 Springfield, MA 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$22.62$47,050
25th percentile$27.78$57,780
Median (50th)$37.22$77,420
75th percentile$46.41$96,530
90th percentile$52.54$109,280

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

How Springfield, MA compares

  • Springfield ranks 3rd of 7 Massachusetts metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians are less concentrated in the Springfield area than nationally: 4.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.88 times the U.S. share.

Other Massachusetts metro areas

Other trades in Springfield, MA

Questions

Do electricians make more in Springfield or Boston?
Boston pays more: the median is $77,420 in Springfield and $79,910 in Boston, a 3% 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 44140 (Springfield, MA). 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 (96.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures