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Electrician salary in Williamsport, PA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Williamsport, PA area earn a median of $61,570 a year, or $29.60 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $84,410. That's 9% less than the Pennsylvania median of $67,600.

Median yearly pay$61,570
Bottom 10% under$44,200Top 10% over$84,410
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$21.25/hr
Jobs in this area
130
After cost of living
$66,670
Median hourly pay
$29.60/hr
vs U.S. median
−3%
vs Pennsylvania median
−9%
Mean (average) pay
$64,090 a year · $30.81 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48700, Williamsport, PA). 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 Williamsport, PA 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$21.25$44,200
25th percentile$24.58$51,130
Median (50th)$29.60$61,570
75th percentile$34.63$72,020
90th percentile$40.58$84,410

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

How Williamsport, PA compares

  • Williamsport ranks 10th of 16 Pennsylvania metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians are less concentrated in the Williamsport area than nationally: 2.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.55 times the U.S. share.

Other Pennsylvania metro areas

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Williamsport or Philadelphia?
Philadelphia pays more: the median is $61,570 in Williamsport and $74,590 in Philadelphia, a 17% 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 48700 (Williamsport, PA). 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 (92.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures