Do electricians make more in Beckley or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $63,060 in Beckley and $75,930 in Washington, a 17% difference.

Electrician salary in Beckley, WV

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Beckley, WV area earn a median of $63,060 a year, or $30.32 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $90,900. That's 3% less than the West Virginia median of $64,810.

Median yearly pay$63,060

Bottom 10% under$43,470Top 10% over$90,900

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.90/hr
Jobs in this area: 380
After cost of living: $71,360
Median hourly pay: $30.32/hr
vs U.S. median: 0%
vs West Virginia median: −3%
Mean (average) pay: $64,600 a year · $31.06 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 13220, Beckley, WV). 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 Beckley, WV 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	$20.90	$43,470
25th percentile	$23.37	$48,610
Median (50th)	$30.32	$63,060
75th percentile	$38.22	$79,490
90th percentile	$43.70	$90,900

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

How Beckley, WV compares

Beckley ranks 6th of 10 West Virginia metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are more concentrated in the Beckley area than nationally: 8.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Beckley or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $63,060 in Beckley and $75,930 in Washington, a 17% 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 13220 (Beckley, WV). 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 (88.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures