Do electricians make more in Madison or Minneapolis?

Minneapolis pays more: the median is $78,430 in Madison and $81,890 in Minneapolis, a 4% difference.

Electrician salary in Madison, WI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Madison, WI area earn a median of $78,430 a year, or $37.71 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $102,860. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $76,540; Madison is 2% above it.

Median yearly pay$78,430

Bottom 10% under$45,050Top 10% over$102,860

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.66/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,760
After cost of living: $80,620
Median hourly pay: $37.71/hr
vs U.S. median: +24%
vs Wisconsin median: +2%
Mean (average) pay: $75,920 a year · $36.50 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31540, Madison, 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 Madison, 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$21.66	$45,050
25th percentile	$27.92	$58,070
Median (50th)	$37.71	$78,430
75th percentile	$48.32	$100,510
90th percentile	$49.45	$102,860

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

How Madison, WI compares

Madison ranks 8th of 15 Wisconsin metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are less concentrated in the Madison area than nationally: 4.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.89 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Madison or Minneapolis?: Minneapolis pays more: the median is $78,430 in Madison and $81,890 in Minneapolis, a 4% 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 31540 (Madison, 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 (97.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures