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Electrician salary in Victoria, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Victoria, TX area earn a median of $52,010 a year, or $25.01 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $79,330. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $58,570; Victoria is 11% below it.

Median yearly pay$52,010
Bottom 10% under$34,900Top 10% over$79,330
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$16.78/hr
Jobs in this area
140
After cost of living
$57,890
Median hourly pay
$25.01/hr
vs U.S. median
−18%
vs Texas median
−11%
Mean (average) pay
$55,460 a year · $26.67 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 47020, Victoria, 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 Victoria, 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$16.78$34,900
25th percentile$20.06$41,720
Median (50th)$25.01$52,010
75th percentile$30.65$63,760
90th percentile$38.14$79,330

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

How Victoria, TX compares

  • Victoria ranks 12th of 25 Texas metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians are less concentrated in the Victoria area than nationally: 3.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.73 times the U.S. share.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Victoria or Beaumont?
Beaumont pays more: the median is $52,010 in Victoria and $61,380 in Beaumont, a 15% 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 47020 (Victoria, 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 (89.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures