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Electrician salary in College Station, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the College Station–Bryan, TX area earn a median of $48,410 a year, or $23.28 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $74,170. That's 17% less than the Texas median of $58,570.

Median yearly pay$48,410
Bottom 10% under$34,740Top 10% over$74,170
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$16.70/hr
Jobs in this area
500
After cost of living
$53,230
Median hourly pay
$23.28/hr
vs U.S. median
−23%
vs Texas median
−17%
Mean (average) pay
$52,560 a year · $25.27 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17780, College Station-Bryan, 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 College Station, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$16.70$34,740
25th percentile$20.35$42,330
Median (50th)$23.28$48,410
75th percentile$28.76$59,820
90th percentile$35.66$74,170

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

How College Station, TX compares

  • College Station ranks 16th of 25 Texas metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians are less concentrated in the College Station area than nationally: 3.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.77 times the U.S. share.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

Do electricians make more in College Station or Beaumont?
Beaumont pays more: the median is $48,410 in College Station and $61,380 in Beaumont, a 21% 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 17780 (College Station-Bryan, 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 (91.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures