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Electrician salary in Spartanburg, SC

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Spartanburg, SC area earn a median of $62,050 a year, or $29.83 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $78,280. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $58,740; Spartanburg is 6% above it.

Median yearly pay$62,050
Bottom 10% under$46,870Top 10% over$78,280
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.53/hr
Jobs in this area
600
After cost of living
$68,150
Median hourly pay
$29.83/hr
vs U.S. median
−2%
vs South Carolina median
+6%
Mean (average) pay
$61,970 a year · $29.79 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 43900, Spartanburg, SC). 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 Spartanburg, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$22.53$46,870
25th percentile$26.92$55,990
Median (50th)$29.83$62,050
75th percentile$34.41$71,560
90th percentile$37.64$78,280

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

How Spartanburg, SC compares

  • Spartanburg has the highest electrician median of the 10 South Carolina metro areas with published pay.
  • Electricians are less concentrated in the Spartanburg area than nationally: 3.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.75 times the U.S. share.

Other South Carolina metro areas

Other trades in Spartanburg, SC

Questions

Do electricians make more in Spartanburg or Columbia?
Spartanburg pays more: the median is $62,050 in Spartanburg and $60,390 in Columbia, a 3% 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 43900 (Spartanburg, 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 (91.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures