Electrician salary in Eugene, OR
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the Eugene–Springfield, OR area earn a median of $94,680 a year, or $45.52 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $122,700. Across all of Oregon, the median is $101,310, so Eugene pays 7% less than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $27.13/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 750
- After cost of living
- $93,220
- Median hourly pay
- $45.52/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +50%
- vs Oregon median
- −7%
- Mean (average) pay
- $89,650 a year · $43.10 an hour
Pay by percentile
What electricians in Eugene, 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.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $27.13 | $56,420 |
| 25th percentile | $36.61 | $76,140 |
| Median (50th) | $45.52 | $94,680 |
| 75th percentile | $51.00 | $106,070 |
| 90th percentile | $58.99 | $122,700 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Eugene, OR compares
- Eugene ranks 6th of 8 Oregon metro areas for electrician pay.
- Electricians hold about the same share of jobs in the Eugene area as nationally: 4.7 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Oregon metro areas
Other trades in Eugene, OR
Questions
- Do electricians make more in Eugene or Portland?
- Portland pays more: the median is $94,680 in Eugene and $105,090 in Portland, a 10% 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 21660 (Eugene-Springfield, 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 (101.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures