Do electricians make more in Abilene or Beaumont?

Beaumont pays more: the median is $47,400 in Abilene and $61,380 in Beaumont, a 23% difference.

Electrician salary in Abilene, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Abilene, TX area earn a median of $47,400 a year, or $22.79 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $77,190. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $58,570; Abilene is 19% below it.

Median yearly pay$47,400

Bottom 10% under$35,900Top 10% over$77,190

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.26/hr
Jobs in this area: 500
After cost of living: $52,450
Median hourly pay: $22.79/hr
vs U.S. median: −25%
vs Texas median: −19%
Mean (average) pay: $53,360 a year · $25.65 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10180, Abilene, TX). 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 Abilene, TX 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	$17.26	$35,900
25th percentile	$20.73	$43,120
Median (50th)	$22.79	$47,400
75th percentile	$28.97	$60,260
90th percentile	$37.11	$77,190

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

How Abilene, TX compares

Abilene ranks 20th of 25 Texas metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are more concentrated in the Abilene area than nationally: 6.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Abilene or Beaumont?: Beaumont pays more: the median is $47,400 in Abilene and $61,380 in Beaumont, a 23% 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 10180 (Abilene, TX). 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 (90.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures