Do electricians make more in Sandusky or Toledo?

Toledo pays more: the median is $64,060 in Sandusky and $74,710 in Toledo, a 14% difference.

Electrician salary in Sandusky, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Sandusky, OH area earn a median of $64,060 a year, or $30.80 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $102,680 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $64,700; Sandusky is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$64,060

Bottom 10% under$42,210Top 10% over$102,680

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.29/hr
Jobs in this area: 260
After cost of living: $71,750
Median hourly pay: $30.80/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs Ohio median: −1%
Mean (average) pay: $67,690 a year · $32.54 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41780, Sandusky, OH). 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 Sandusky, OH 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	$20.29	$42,210
25th percentile	$24.34	$50,640
Median (50th)	$30.80	$64,060
75th percentile	$38.39	$79,850
90th percentile	$49.37	$102,680

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

How Sandusky, OH compares

Sandusky ranks 8th of 15 Ohio metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Sandusky area as nationally: 5.2 of every 1,000 jobs.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Sandusky or Toledo?: Toledo pays more: the median is $64,060 in Sandusky and $74,710 in Toledo, a 14% 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 41780 (Sandusky, OH). 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 (89.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures