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Electrician salary in Albany, OR

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Albany, OR area earn a median of $100,230 a year, or $48.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $123,500. That's 1% less than the Oregon median of $101,310.

Median yearly pay$100,230
Bottom 10% under$61,370Top 10% over$123,500
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$29.50/hr
Jobs in this area
440
After cost of living
$98,170
Median hourly pay
$48.19/hr
vs U.S. median
+59%
vs Oregon median
−1%
Mean (average) pay
$100,180 a year · $48.16 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10540, Albany, OR). 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 Albany, OR 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$29.50$61,370
25th percentile$41.03$85,350
Median (50th)$48.19$100,230
75th percentile$59.37$123,500
90th percentile$59.37$123,500

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

How Albany, OR compares

  • Albany ranks 2nd of 8 Oregon metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians are more concentrated in the Albany area than nationally: 9.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.9 times the U.S. share.

Other Oregon metro areas

Other trades in Albany, OR

Questions

Do electricians make more in Albany or Portland?
Portland pays more: the median is $100,230 in Albany and $105,090 in Portland, a 5% 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 10540 (Albany, OR). 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 (102.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures