Electrician salary in Salt Lake City, UT
Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in the Salt Lake City–Murray, UT area earn a median of $62,620 a year, or $30.11 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $88,640 a year. Across all of Utah, the median is $62,000, so Salt Lake City pays 1% more than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $20.81/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 5,710
- After cost of living
- $62,080
- Median hourly pay
- $30.11/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −1%
- vs Utah median
- +1%
Apprentice, journeyman and master electrician pay
| Stage | Yearly pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | $43,280–$48,990$20.81–$23.56/hr | |
| Journeyman | $62,620$30.11/hr | |
| Master / top earners | $80,190–$88,640$38.55–$42.61/hr |
Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.
How Salt Lake City, UT compares
- Salt Lake City has the highest electrician median of the 5 Utah metro areas with published pay.
- Electricians are more concentrated in the Salt Lake City area than nationally: 6.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
- The 90th-percentile wage, $88,640, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $43,280: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.
Other Utah metro areas
Other trades in Salt Lake City, UT
Questions
- How much do electricians make in Salt Lake City, UT?
- Electricians in the Salt Lake City–Murray, UT area earn a median of $62,620 a year, or $30.11 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $88,640 a year.
- How much do electricians make an hour in Salt Lake City, UT?
- The median hourly wage is $30.11. The middle half earn between $23.56 and $38.55 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
- What do apprentice electricians make in Salt Lake City, UT?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.81 an hour ($43,280 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.56.
- How much does a journeyman electrician make in Salt Lake City, UT?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $62,620 a year ($30.11 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $80,190–$88,640.
- Do electricians make more in Salt Lake City or Ogden?
- Salt Lake City pays more: the median is $62,620 in Salt Lake City and $62,030 in Ogden, a 1% difference.
- How does Salt Lake City pay compare with the rest of Utah?
- The Salt Lake City median of $62,620 is 1% more than the Utah median of $62,000.
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 41620 (Salt Lake City-Murray, UT). 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures