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Electrician salary in Kenosha, WI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Kenosha, WI area earn a median of $74,970 a year, or $36.04 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $98,240. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $76,540; Kenosha is 2% below it.

Median yearly pay$74,970
Bottom 10% under$39,650Top 10% over$98,240
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$19.06/hr
Jobs in this area
120
After cost of living
$74,140
Median hourly pay
$36.04/hr
vs U.S. median
+19%
vs Wisconsin median
−2%
Mean (average) pay
$71,120 a year · $34.19 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28450, Kenosha, WI). 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 Kenosha, WI 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$19.06$39,650
25th percentile$23.67$49,230
Median (50th)$36.04$74,970
75th percentile$42.33$88,040
90th percentile$47.23$98,240

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

How Kenosha, WI compares

  • Kenosha ranks 14th of 15 Wisconsin metro areas for electrician pay.
  • Electricians are less concentrated in the Kenosha area than nationally: 1.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.33 times the U.S. share.

Other Wisconsin metro areas

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Kenosha or Minneapolis?
Minneapolis pays more: the median is $74,970 in Kenosha and $81,890 in Minneapolis, a 8% 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 28450 (Kenosha, WI). 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 (101.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures