Do electricians make more in Wausau or Minneapolis?

Minneapolis pays more: the median is $78,680 in Wausau and $81,890 in Minneapolis, a 4% difference.

Electrician salary in Wausau, WI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Electricians in the Wausau, WI area earn a median of $78,680 a year, or $37.83 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $86,790 a year. Statewide, electricians earn a median of $76,540; Wausau is 3% above it.

Median yearly pay$78,680

Bottom 10% under$41,530Top 10% over$86,790

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.97/hr
Jobs in this area: 480
After cost of living: $84,920
Median hourly pay: $37.83/hr
vs U.S. median: +25%
vs Wisconsin median: +3%
Mean (average) pay: $70,720 a year · $34.00 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48140, Wausau, 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 Wausau, 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	$19.97	$41,530
25th percentile	$24.13	$50,190
Median (50th)	$37.83	$78,680
75th percentile	$41.57	$86,460
90th percentile	$41.73	$86,790

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

How Wausau, WI compares

Wausau ranks 7th of 15 Wisconsin metro areas for electrician pay.
Electricians are more concentrated in the Wausau area than nationally: 6.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do electricians make more in Wausau or Minneapolis?: Minneapolis pays more: the median is $78,680 in Wausau 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 48140 (Wausau, 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 (92.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures