Electrician salary in Florence, SC
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the Florence, SC area earn a median of $57,550 a year, or $27.67 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $71,430. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $58,740; Florence is 2% below it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $20.76/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 240
- After cost of living
- $66,320
- Median hourly pay
- $27.67/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −9%
- vs South Carolina median
- −2%
- Mean (average) pay
- $56,330 a year · $27.08 an hour
Pay by percentile
What electricians in Florence, SC 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 | $20.76 | $43,190 |
| 25th percentile | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Median (50th) | $27.67 | $57,550 |
| 75th percentile | $29.11 | $60,550 |
| 90th percentile | $34.34 | $71,430 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Florence, SC compares
- Florence ranks 7th of 10 South Carolina metro areas for electrician pay.
- Electricians are less concentrated in the Florence area than nationally: 2.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.56 times the U.S. share.
Other South Carolina metro areas
Other trades in Florence, SC
Questions
- Do electricians make more in Florence or Columbia?
- Columbia pays more: the median is $57,550 in Florence and $60,390 in Columbia, 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 22500 (Florence, SC). 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 (86.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures