Do electricians make more in Jackson or Chattanooga?

Chattanooga pays more: the median is $60,360 in Jackson and $72,330 in Chattanooga, a 17% difference.

Electrician salary in Jackson, TN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Jackson, TN area earn a median of $60,360 a year, or $29.02 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $81,660. That's 1% less than the Tennessee median of $61,090.

Median yearly pay$60,360

Bottom 10% under$37,650Top 10% over$81,660

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.10/hr
Jobs in this area: 520
After cost of living: $70,580
Median hourly pay: $29.02/hr
vs U.S. median: −4%
vs Tennessee median: −1%
Mean (average) pay: $61,100 a year · $29.38 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 27180, Jackson, TN). 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 Jackson, TN 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	$18.10	$37,650
25th percentile	$22.46	$46,720
Median (50th)	$29.02	$60,360
75th percentile	$34.58	$71,920
90th percentile	$39.26	$81,660

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

How Jackson, TN compares

Jackson ranks 4th of 10 Tennessee metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are more concentrated in the Jackson area than nationally: 6.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Jackson or Chattanooga?: Chattanooga pays more: the median is $60,360 in Jackson and $72,330 in Chattanooga, 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 27180 (Jackson, TN). 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 (85.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures