Do electricians make more in Manchester or Boston?

Boston pays more: the median is $64,080 in Manchester and $79,910 in Boston, a 20% difference.

Electrician salary in Manchester, NH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Manchester–Nashua, NH area earn a median of $64,080 a year, or $30.81 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $91,770 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $62,840; Manchester is 2% above it.

Median yearly pay$64,080

Bottom 10% under$40,100Top 10% over$91,770

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.28/hr
Jobs in this area: 970
After cost of living: $60,650
Median hourly pay: $30.81/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs New Hampshire median: +2%
Mean (average) pay: $64,880 a year · $31.19 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31700, Manchester-Nashua, NH). 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 Manchester, NH 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	$19.28	$40,100
25th percentile	$22.83	$47,480
Median (50th)	$30.81	$64,080
75th percentile	$38.66	$80,410
90th percentile	$44.12	$91,770

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

How Manchester, NH compares

Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Manchester area as nationally: 4.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other New Hampshire metro areas

Boston–Cambridge–Newton$79,910

Other trades in Manchester, NH

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Manchester or Boston?: Boston pays more: the median is $64,080 in Manchester and $79,910 in Boston, a 20% 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 31700 (Manchester-Nashua, NH). 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 (105.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures