Electrician salary in Gulfport, MS
Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the Gulfport–Biloxi, MS area earn a median of $62,440 a year, or $30.02 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $69,620 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $60,860; Gulfport is 3% above it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $22.78/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 2,010
- After cost of living
- $69,370
- Median hourly pay
- $30.02/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −1%
- vs Mississippi median
- +3%
Apprentice, journeyman and master electrician pay
| Stage | Yearly pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | $47,380–$59,090$22.78–$28.41/hr | |
| Journeyman | $62,440$30.02/hr | |
| Master / top earners | $62,440–$69,620$30.02–$33.47/hr |
Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.
How Gulfport, MS compares
- Gulfport has the highest electrician median of the 4 Mississippi metro areas with published pay.
- Electricians are more concentrated in the Gulfport area than nationally: 12.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.6 times the U.S. share.
- The 90th-percentile wage, $69,620, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,380: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.
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Questions
- How much do electricians make in Gulfport, MS?
- Electricians in the Gulfport–Biloxi, MS area earn a median of $62,440 a year, or $30.02 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $69,620 a year.
- How much do electricians make an hour in Gulfport, MS?
- The median hourly wage is $30.02. The middle half earn between $28.41 and $30.02 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
- What do apprentice electricians make in Gulfport, MS?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.78 an hour ($47,380 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.41.
- How much does a journeyman electrician make in Gulfport, MS?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $62,440 a year ($30.02 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $62,440–$69,620.
- Do electricians make more in Gulfport or Memphis?
- Gulfport pays more: the median is $62,440 in Gulfport and $60,890 in Memphis, a 3% difference.
- How does Gulfport pay compare with the rest of Mississippi?
- The Gulfport median of $62,440 is 3% more than the Mississippi median of $60,860.
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 25060 (Gulfport-Biloxi, MS). 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 (90.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures