⚡Electricians
National Median Wage
$61,590
National Employment
739K
Best Value: Top Metros by Cost-Adjusted Wage
Wages adjusted for local cost of living. Higher = your salary goes further.
All Metro Areas
78 metro areas
| # | Metro Area | State | Median Wage | Cost-Adj. Wage▼ | Employment | Emp / 1K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | CA | $108,903 | $96,374 | 5,071 | 11.3 |
| 2 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | NY | $103,496 | $95,830 | 16,190 | 12.9 |
| 3 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | IL | $76,906 | $77,683 | 14,255 | 17.8 |
| 4 | Anchorage, AK | AK | $78,621 | $77,079 | 853 | 17.1 |
| 5 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | VA | $75,000 | $74,257 | 8,054 | 13.4 |
| 6 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | CT | $76,258 | $73,325 | 1,134 | 15.1 |
| 7 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | WA | $78,008 | $71,567 | 7,645 | 19.1 |
| 8 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | CO | $71,019 | $70,316 | 3,210 | 10.7 |
| 9 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | TX | $68,178 | $70,287 | 3,212 | 12.8 |
| 10 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | TX | $67,335 | $69,418 | 13,387 | 19.1 |
| 11 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | MN | $67,954 | $69,341 | 3,798 | 10.8 |
| 12 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | MI | $64,643 | $68,769 | 4,785 | 12.0 |
| 13 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | PA | $66,864 | $68,229 | 9,776 | 17.8 |
| 14 | Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN | TN | $62,913 | $67,648 | 2,868 | 14.3 |
| 15 | Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH | MA | $72,133 | $66,790 | 9,243 | 18.5 |
| 16 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | TX | $64,729 | $66,731 | 6,978 | 10.7 |
| 17 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | IN | $61,321 | $66,653 | 2,319 | 11.6 |
| 18 | Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ | DE | $65,899 | $66,565 | 618 | 12.4 |
| 19 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | WI | $61,782 | $66,432 | 2,855 | 19.0 |
| 20 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | GA | $63,444 | $65,406 | 5,725 | 10.4 |
| 21 | St. Louis, MO-IL | MO | $60,104 | $65,330 | 3,197 | 12.8 |
| 22 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | OH | $60,032 | $65,252 | 3,313 | 16.6 |
| 23 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | IA | $57,913 | $65,071 | 825 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | RI | $65,332 | $64,685 | 2,002 | 13.3 |
| 25 | Kansas City, MO-KS | MO | $59,235 | $64,386 | 2,337 | 11.7 |
| 26 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | NC | $60,507 | $64,369 | 3,784 | 15.1 |
| 27 | Columbus, OH | OH | $59,087 | $64,225 | 3,084 | 15.4 |
| 28 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | OH | $59,076 | $64,213 | 1,913 | 12.8 |
| 29 | Salt Lake City, UT | UT | $60,624 | $63,815 | 2,397 | 16.0 |
| 30 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | NC | $59,846 | $63,666 | 2,826 | 18.8 |
| 31 | Honolulu, HI | HI | $69,287 | $63,566 | 871 | 11.6 |
| 32 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | CA | $71,790 | $63,531 | 5,339 | 17.8 |
| 33 | Boise City, ID | ID | $57,078 | $62,723 | 1,174 | 15.7 |
| 34 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | MD | $64,947 | $62,449 | 4,483 | 17.9 |
| 35 | Madison, WI | WI | $58,046 | $62,415 | 1,210 | 16.1 |
| 36 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | OR | $65,494 | $62,375 | 3,853 | 15.4 |
| 37 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | AL | $56,057 | $62,286 | 1,623 | 16.2 |
| 38 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT | CT | $64,549 | $62,066 | 1,315 | 13.2 |
| 39 | Albuquerque, NM | NM | $55,169 | $61,299 | 1,752 | 17.5 |
| 40 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | CA | $69,099 | $61,150 | 11,843 | 11.8 |
| 41 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | SC | $56,847 | $61,126 | 1,008 | 13.4 |
| 42 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | LA | $53,621 | $60,933 | 1,584 | 15.8 |
| 43 | Richmond, VA | VA | $61,508 | $60,899 | 2,725 | 18.2 |
| 44 | Oklahoma City, OK | OK | $53,499 | $60,794 | 2,014 | 13.4 |
| 45 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | NE | $54,490 | $60,544 | 1,486 | 14.9 |
| 46 | Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI | MI | $56,855 | $60,484 | 1,269 | 12.7 |
| 47 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | FL | $62,295 | $60,481 | 6,985 | 12.7 |
| 48 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | KY | $54,224 | $60,249 | 2,366 | 15.8 |
| 49 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | VT | $58,318 | $60,122 | 301 | 12.0 |
| 50 | Tulsa, OK | OK | $52,597 | $59,769 | 1,397 | 14.0 |
| 51 | Baton Rouge, LA | LA | $52,507 | $59,667 | 1,117 | 14.9 |
| 52 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | NV | $57,664 | $59,447 | 3,131 | 15.7 |
| 53 | Pittsburgh, PA | PA | $58,201 | $59,389 | 2,977 | 14.9 |
| 54 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | NH | $62,076 | $59,120 | 874 | 17.5 |
| 55 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | CA | $66,438 | $58,795 | 3,458 | 17.3 |
| 56 | Fargo, ND-MN | ND | $52,173 | $58,621 | 489 | 12.2 |
| 57 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | VA | $59,144 | $58,558 | 2,566 | 17.1 |
| 58 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | AR | $50,913 | $58,521 | 1,148 | 15.3 |
| 59 | Columbia, SC | SC | $54,262 | $58,346 | 830 | 11.1 |
| 60 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | TN | $54,078 | $58,148 | 1,189 | 11.9 |
| 61 | Cheyenne, WY | WY | $52,715 | $57,929 | 169 | 11.3 |
| 62 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | AZ | $57,718 | $57,147 | 5,929 | 13.2 |
| 63 | Billings, MT | MT | $51,374 | $57,082 | 270 | 10.8 |
| 64 | Sioux Falls, SD | SD | $49,106 | $55,802 | 566 | 14.2 |
| 65 | Portland-South Portland, ME | ME | $53,837 | $55,502 | 452 | 11.3 |
| 66 | Jacksonville, FL | FL | $56,868 | $55,212 | 2,373 | 15.8 |
| 67 | Jackson, MS | MS | $47,770 | $54,908 | 753 | 15.1 |
| 68 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | TX | $53,140 | $54,784 | 3,558 | 14.2 |
| 69 | Tucson, AZ | AZ | $55,323 | $54,775 | 1,277 | 12.8 |
| 70 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | NY | $59,058 | $54,683 | 1,528 | 15.3 |
| 71 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | FL | $55,923 | $54,294 | 4,098 | 16.4 |
| 72 | Wichita, KS | KS | $48,682 | $54,091 | 570 | 11.4 |
| 73 | Knoxville, TN | TN | $50,230 | $54,011 | 1,793 | 17.9 |
| 74 | Rochester, NY | NY | $58,098 | $53,794 | 1,830 | 18.3 |
| 75 | Charleston, WV | WV | $48,298 | $53,664 | 375 | 15.0 |
| 76 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | FL | $55,243 | $53,634 | 5,283 | 17.6 |
| 77 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | CA | $59,033 | $52,242 | 5,222 | 13.1 |
| 78 | El Paso, TX | TX | $47,461 | $48,929 | 1,120 | 14.9 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median salary for Electricians?
The national median annual wage for electricians is $61,590, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES) data.
Where do electricians earn the most after adjusting for cost of living?
After adjusting for local cost of living, the top-paying metro areas for electricians are San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA ($96,374), New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($95,830), Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($77,683).
How many metro areas have data for electricians?
We show wage and employment estimates for electricians across 78 metro areas in the United States. The national median wage is the BLS OES May 2023 figure; individual metro values are modeled from it using local cost of living and regional labor-market patterns rather than taken from the published metro-level OES tables.
Data Sources
📎Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS (Dec 2025)📎U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023📎FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, 2023📎America's Health Rankings, 2025📎WalletHub/NAEP, 2025📎U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024📎Cook Political Report, PVI 2024📎Tax Foundation, Facts & Figures 2025📎ALEC Rich States Poor States, 2025📎WalletHub Tax Burden Study, 2025📎U.S. Census Bureau / FHFA, 2025📎BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023📎EPA AirData, Median AQI by County 2024📎EIA State Electricity Profiles, 2024📎FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, 2025📎U.S. Census Bureau, Net Domestic Migration 2024📎FCC / BroadbandNow, Broadband Access 2025📎National Park Service API, 2024📎USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US), 2024📎U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022📎U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023 (Commuting)📎FHWA Highway Statistics, 2023📎U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022📎EIA State Electricity Profiles, 2024📎EIA Natural Gas Prices, 2024📎DOL National Database of Childcare Prices, 2023📎BEA Regional Price Parities (Food), 2023📎NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), 2023-24📎EDFacts ACGR Graduation Rates, 2021-22📎NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), 2022-23📎BEA GDP by State (SAGDP9), 2023📎NASBO Fiscal Survey of States, FY2023📎Census Bureau State Government Finances, FY2022📎Pew Charitable Trusts Fiscal 50, FY2023📎Pew Charitable Trusts, FY2022📎S&P/Moody's via Ballotpedia, 2025📎Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES (May 2023)📎IRS Statistics of Income, State-to-State Migration 2022-2023