Do electricians make more in Harrisonburg or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $61,880 in Harrisonburg and $75,930 in Washington, a 19% difference.

Electrician salary in Harrisonburg, VA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Harrisonburg, VA area earn a median of $61,880 a year, or $29.75 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $79,360. That's 2% less than the Virginia median of $62,900.

Median yearly pay$61,880

Bottom 10% under$37,460Top 10% over$79,360

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.01/hr
Jobs in this area: 370
After cost of living: $65,210
Median hourly pay: $29.75/hr
vs U.S. median: −2%
vs Virginia median: −2%
Mean (average) pay: $61,550 a year · $29.59 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 25500, Harrisonburg, VA). 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 Harrisonburg, VA 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	$18.01	$37,460
25th percentile	$22.82	$47,470
Median (50th)	$29.75	$61,880
75th percentile	$37.09	$77,140
90th percentile	$38.16	$79,360

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

How Harrisonburg, VA compares

Harrisonburg ranks 6th of 11 Virginia metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are more concentrated in the Harrisonburg area than nationally: 5.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Harrisonburg or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $61,880 in Harrisonburg and $75,930 in Washington, a 19% 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 25500 (Harrisonburg, VA). 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 (94.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures