Electrician salary in Glens Falls, NY
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the Glens Falls, NY area earn a median of $77,660 a year, or $37.34 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $113,920. Across all of New York, the median is $78,750, so Glens Falls pays 1% less than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $21.31/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 230
- After cost of living
- $81,860
- Median hourly pay
- $37.34/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +23%
- vs New York median
- −1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $78,900 a year · $37.93 an hour
Pay by percentile
What electricians in Glens Falls, NY 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 | $21.31 | $44,320 |
| 25th percentile | $28.23 | $58,710 |
| Median (50th) | $37.34 | $77,660 |
| 75th percentile | $48.91 | $101,730 |
| 90th percentile | $54.77 | $113,920 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Glens Falls, NY compares
- Glens Falls ranks 4th of 12 New York metro areas for electrician pay.
- Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Glens Falls area as nationally: 4.5 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other New York metro areas
Other trades in Glens Falls, NY
Questions
- Do electricians make more in Glens Falls or New York?
- New York pays more: the median is $77,660 in Glens Falls and $79,020 in New York, a 2% 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 24020 (Glens Falls, NY). 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 (94.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures