Do electricians make more in Laredo or Beaumont?

Beaumont pays more: the median is $46,140 in Laredo and $61,380 in Beaumont, a 25% difference.

Electrician salary in Laredo, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Laredo, TX area earn a median of $46,140 a year, or $22.18 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $63,910 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $58,570; Laredo is 21% below it.

Median yearly pay$46,140

Bottom 10% under$28,390Top 10% over$63,910

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $13.65/hr
Jobs in this area: 340
After cost of living: $53,060
Median hourly pay: $22.18/hr
vs U.S. median: −27%
vs Texas median: −21%
Mean (average) pay: $47,240 a year · $22.71 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 29700, Laredo, 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 Laredo, 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	$13.65	$28,390
25th percentile	$17.29	$35,970
Median (50th)	$22.18	$46,140
75th percentile	$27.66	$57,540
90th percentile	$30.73	$63,910

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

How Laredo, TX compares

Laredo ranks 23rd of 25 Texas metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are less concentrated in the Laredo area than nationally: 3.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.64 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Laredo or Beaumont?: Beaumont pays more: the median is $46,140 in Laredo and $61,380 in Beaumont, a 25% 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 29700 (Laredo, 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 (87.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures