Electrician salary in Wyoming
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Electricians in Wyoming earn a median of $76,120 a year, or $36.59 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $104,000 a year. Nationally the median is $63,190, so Wyoming pays 20% more than the U.S. overall and ranks 16th of 51.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $23.19/hr
- Jobs in Wyoming
- 2,960
- After cost of living
- $82,120
- Median hourly pay
- $36.59/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +20%
- Rank among states
- 16th of 51
- Mean (average) pay
- $74,860 a year · $35.99 an hour
Pay by percentile
What electricians in Wyoming 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 | $23.19 | $48,240 |
| 25th percentile | $28.69 | $59,670 |
| Median (50th) | $36.59 | $76,120 |
| 75th percentile | $41.33 | $85,960 |
| 90th percentile | $50.00 | $104,000 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
Pay over time
The median electrician wage in Wyoming rose 24.3%, from $61,260 in May 2021 to $76,120 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it rose 4.1%.
| Year | Median a year | Median an hour |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | $61,260 | $29.45/hr |
| May 2022 | $62,010 | $29.81/hr |
| May 2023 | $64,440 | $30.98/hr |
| May 2024 | $73,450 | $35.31/hr |
| May 2025 | $76,120 | $36.59/hr |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years
How Wyoming compares
- Electricians are more concentrated in Wyoming than nationally: 10.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.2 times the U.S. share.
Pay by metro area
Rural Wyoming
- Eastern Wyoming$77,610
- Western Wyoming$77,070
Other trades in Wyoming
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Wyoming list what contractors must pay electricians on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
Questions
- Where in Wyoming do electricians earn the most?
- Among Wyoming metro areas, Cheyenne has the highest median at $74,590 a year, and Casper the lowest at $69,640.
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 56. 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