Do electricians make more in Muskegon or Detroit?

Detroit pays more: the median is $77,100 in Muskegon and $81,990 in Detroit, a 6% difference.

Electrician salary in Muskegon, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Muskegon–Norton Shores, MI area earn a median of $77,100 a year, or $37.07 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $96,820 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $76,270; Muskegon is 1% above it.

Median yearly pay$77,100

Bottom 10% under$43,400Top 10% over$96,820

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.86/hr
Jobs in this area: 340
After cost of living: $83,330
Median hourly pay: $37.07/hr
vs U.S. median: +22%
vs Michigan median: +1%
Mean (average) pay: $70,000 a year · $33.65 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 34740, Muskegon-Norton Shores, 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 Muskegon, 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	$20.86	$43,400
25th percentile	$27.72	$57,650
Median (50th)	$37.07	$77,100
75th percentile	$37.61	$78,220
90th percentile	$46.55	$96,820

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

How Muskegon, MI compares

Muskegon ranks 8th of 16 Michigan metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are more concentrated in the Muskegon area than nationally: 5.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Muskegon or Detroit?: Detroit pays more: the median is $77,100 in Muskegon and $81,990 in Detroit, a 6% 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 34740 (Muskegon-Norton Shores, 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 (92.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures