Do electricians make more in Ann Arbor or Detroit?

Detroit pays more: the median is $81,450 in Ann Arbor and $81,990 in Detroit, a 1% difference.

Electrician salary in Ann Arbor, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Ann Arbor, MI area earn a median of $81,450 a year, or $39.16 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $106,160. That's 7% more than the Michigan median of $76,270.

Median yearly pay$81,450

Bottom 10% under$46,230Top 10% over$106,160

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $22.23/hr
Jobs in this area: 610
After cost of living: $80,740
Median hourly pay: $39.16/hr
vs U.S. median: +29%
vs Michigan median: +7%
Mean (average) pay: $79,540 a year · $38.24 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 11460, Ann Arbor, MI). 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 Ann Arbor, MI 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	$22.23	$46,230
25th percentile	$29.29	$60,920
Median (50th)	$39.16	$81,450
75th percentile	$50.13	$104,270
90th percentile	$51.04	$106,160

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

How Ann Arbor, MI compares

Ann Arbor ranks 2nd of 16 Michigan metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are less concentrated in the Ann Arbor area than nationally: 2.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.57 times the U.S. share.

Other Michigan metro areas

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Ann Arbor or Detroit?: Detroit pays more: the median is $81,450 in Ann Arbor and $81,990 in Detroit, a 1% 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 11460 (Ann Arbor, MI). 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures