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Job Numbers and Growth
The number of jobs for electricians in the US is about 705,000. Recent data shows that this occupation has a high level of unemployment.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those working as employees, 2% work fewer than 40 hours per week. Around 11% of electricians are independent contractors.
Training and Education
Long-term on-the-job training is often required to work in this field. Survey data provided by the government shows that 7% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. 42% of electricians attended college, but do not have a degree. 51% of workers were able to find a job with only a high school education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
On a per capita basis, there are more jobs for employees in Mount Vernon (Washington), Appleton (Wisconsin), and Lewiston (Idaho), and fewer jobs in Lawrence (Massachusetts), McAllen (Texas), and Springfield (Ohio).
Compensation for electricians is the most in Trenton (New Jersey), San Francisco (California), and New York (New York), and the lowest in McAllen (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), and Laredo (Texas).
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Electricians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Electricians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Electricians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Electricians are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 190 $38,340 1 Alabama Auburn 260 $39,100 1.4 Alabama Birmingham 2,980 $41,980 1.2 Alabama Decatur 250 $39,320 1.1 Alabama Dothan 250 $30,430 1 Alabama Florence 260 $34,880 1.2 Alabama Gadsden 170 $40,410 1.2 Alabama Huntsville 800 $42,770 0.8 Alabama Mobile 1,290 $37,480 1.5 Alabama Montgomery 660 $36,450 0.8 Alabama Tuscaloosa 600 $37,920 1.5 Alaska Anchorage 1,140 $69,170 1.5 Alaska Fairbanks 320 $63,720 2.4Arizona Flagstaff 210 $40,040 0.9 Arizona Kingman 280 $47,570 1.3 Arizona Phoenix 10,500 $43,070 1.2 Arizona Prescott 280 $40,680 1 Arizona Tucson 2,120 $37,790 1.2 Arizona Yuma 300 $41,370 1.2 Arkansas Fayetteville 800 $38,930 0.9 Arkansas Fort Smith 370 $41,320 0.7 Arkansas Hot Springs 270 $34,460 1.8 Arkansas Jonesboro 130 $34,580 0.6 Arkansas Little Rock 1,330 $37,460 0.8 California Bakersfield 1,770 $55,160 1.4 California Chico 220 $52,410 0.7 California El Centro 200 $48,010 0.9 California Fresno 1,360 $48,470 0.9 California Hanford 70 $47,650 0.6 California Madera 70 $50,110 0.5 California Merced 160 $48,510 0.7 California Modesto 770 $53,760 1 California Napa 360 $61,370 1.3 California Oakland 4,090 $68,110 0.8 California Oxnard 750 $53,620 0.5 California Redding 220 $55,720 0.8 California Riverside 5,170 $45,880 0.8 California Sacramento 4,390 $48,480 1 California Salinas 350 $63,060 0.5 California San Diego 6,250 $47,880 1 California San Francisco 3,670 $82,930 0.8 California San Jose 4,230 $70,450 0.9 California San Luis Obispo 380 $50,780 0.9 California Santa Ana 6,640 $51,110 0.9 California Santa Barbara 870 $55,700 1.1 California Santa Cruz 190 $69,490 0.5 California Santa Rosa 960 $57,920 1.1 California Stockton 940 $52,060 0.9 California Vallejo 440 $56,530 0.8 California Visalia 470 $34,620 0.8 California Yuba City 100 $44,110 0.6 Colorado Boulder 440 $54,120 0.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 1,650 $43,230 1.4 Colorado Denver 8,140 $46,820 1.3 Colorado Fort Collins 700 $41,800 1.3 Colorado Grand Junction 480 $42,850 2 Colorado Greeley 420 $34,930 1.3 Colorado Pueblo 360 $47,030 1.6 Connecticut Bridgeport 1,260 $54,230 0.6 Connecticut Danbury 410 $58,420 1.3 Connecticut Hartford 2,400 $53,440 0.9 Connecticut New Haven 1,040 $51,020 0.8 Connecticut Norwich 570 $52,360 1 Connecticut Waterbury 410 $54,340 1.4 Delaware Dover 350 $42,780 1.5 Delaware Wilmington 1,680 $52,580 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 11,580 $53,460 1 Florida Cape Coral 1,160 $40,340 1.2 Florida Deltona 870 $34,500 1.2 Florida Fort Lauderdale 4,050 $40,960 1.1 Florida Fort Walton Beach 460 $33,610 1.4 Florida Gainesville 480 0.9 Florida Jacksonville 3,490 $41,810 1.2 Florida Lakeland 1,150 $39,330 1.3 Florida Miami 3,540 $40,860 0.7 Florida Naples 1,020 $42,400 1.9 Florida Ocala 450 $33,240 1.1 Florida Orlando 5,900 $36,920 1.2 Florida Palm Bay 1,100 $45,970 1.2 Florida Palm Coast 100 $35,460 2Florida Panama City 420 $37,080 1.4 Florida Pensacola 840 $41,140 1.2 Florida Port St Lucie 1,210 $38,600 2.1Florida Sarasota 1,130 $38,860 0.9 Florida Sebastian 270 $42,100 1.3 Florida Tallahassee 690 $34,020 0.9 Florida Tampa 4,760 $37,900 0.8 Florida West Palm Beach 3,340 $40,820 1.3 Georgia Albany 210 $38,660 0.8 Georgia Athens 220 $41,690 0.7 Georgia Atlanta 9,990 $43,180 0.9 Georgia Augusta 740 $37,430 0.8 Georgia Brunswick 140 $36,730 0.8 Georgia Columbus 410 $32,370 0.8 Georgia Dalton 140 $39,080 0.4 Georgia Gainesville 520 $39,470 1.7 Georgia Macon 510 $39,970 1.1 Georgia Rome 180 $42,340 1.2 Georgia Savannah 1,110 $44,160 1.6 Georgia Valdosta 210 $38,780 0.9 Georgia Warner Robins 120 $38,200 0.6 Hawaii Honolulu 1,930 $58,850 0.9 Idaho Boise 1,080 $43,760 0.8 Idaho Coeur Dalene 350 $43,830 1.5 Idaho Idaho Falls 510 $40,880 2.6Idaho Lewiston 260 $52,040 2.9Idaho Pocatello 170 $43,480 1.4 Illinois Bloomington 280 $66,290 0.9 Illinois Champaign 650 $63,440 1.6 Illinois Chicago 18,100 $69,640 1 Illinois Danville 120 $50,070 1.2 Illinois Kankakee 190 $50,500 1.2 Illinois Peoria 870 $58,770 1.1 Illinois Rockford 680 $52,480 1 Illinois Springfield 380 $63,400 0.8 Indiana Anderson 200 $53,600 1.2 Indiana Bloomington 210 $47,330 0.7 Indiana Columbus 190 $41,950 1.1 Indiana Elkhart 590 $42,480 1 Indiana Evansville 1,340 $51,500 1.7 Indiana Fort Wayne 1,140 $54,930 1.1 Indiana Gary 1,940 $63,200 1.5 Indiana Indianapolis 5,370 $52,560 1.2 Indiana Kokomo 390 $65,880 2.7Indiana Lafayette 490 $50,810 1.5 Indiana Michigan City 200 $53,550 1.1 Indiana Muncie 140 $44,930 0.7 Indiana South Bend 570 $49,790 0.9 Indiana Terre Haute 270 $55,340 0.9 Iowa Ames 190 $40,650 1.2 Iowa Cedar Rapids 820 $49,150 1.3 Iowa Davenport 1,220 $55,150 1.4 Iowa Des Moines 1,340 $49,150 0.9 Iowa Dubuque 110 $43,690 0.5 Iowa Iowa City 280 $48,660 0.9 Iowa Sioux City 300 $47,420 1 Iowa Waterloo 350 $44,310 0.9 Kansas Lawrence 200 $40,880 1.1 Kansas Topeka 410 $44,520 0.8 Kansas Wichita 1,520 $43,380 1 Kentucky Bowling Green 400 $36,260 1.6 Kentucky Elizabethtown 170 $44,980 0.9 Kentucky Lexington 1,290 $39,440 1.1 Kentucky Louisville 2,910 $43,150 1 Kentucky Owensboro 330 $47,410 1.6 Louisiana Alexandria 150 $46,080 0.6 Louisiana Baton Rouge 2,580 $42,950 1.5 Louisiana Houma 540 $45,730 1.3 Louisiana Lafayette 750 $37,140 1.1 Louisiana Lake Charles 730 $39,790 1.9 Louisiana Monroe 340 $35,130 1 Louisiana New Orleans 3,380 $45,160 1.4 Louisiana Shreveport 890 $43,460 1.1 Maine Bangor 280 $43,640 1 Maine Lewiston 220 $55,770 1.1 Maine Portland 510 $42,990 0.5 Maryland Baltimore 7,880 $47,610 1.2 Maryland Bethesda 2,050 $51,490 0.7 Maryland Cumberland 280 $42,970 1.9 Maryland Hagerstown 680 $41,390 1.5 Maryland Salisbury 370 $35,760 1.7 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 420 $58,910 0.9 Massachusetts Boston 6,100 $60,820 0.7 Massachusetts Brockton 290 $49,180 0.7 Massachusetts Framingham 860 $61,080 1.1 Massachusetts Haverhill 450 $58,420 1.3 Massachusetts Lawrence 100 $49,280 0.4 Massachusetts Leominster 130 $59,480 0.6 Massachusetts Lowell 630 $46,670 1.1 Massachusetts New Bedford 140 $50,790 0.5 Massachusetts Pittsfield 100 $57,410 0.8 Massachusetts Springfield 1,110 $50,670 0.8 Massachusetts Taunton 90 $58,860 0.5 Massachusetts Worcester 1,040 $51,030 0.9 Michigan Ann Arbor 860 $68,320 1.1 Michigan Battle Creek 240 $53,080 1.2 Michigan Bay City 150 $59,550 1.1 Michigan Detroit 3,660 $61,460 1.1 Michigan Flint 790 $70,100 1.3 Michigan Grand Rapids 2,050 $49,210 1.1 Michigan Holland 570 $41,270 1.3 Michigan Jackson 190 $57,350 0.9 Michigan Kalamazoo 660 $48,580 1.1 Michigan Lansing 1,050 $61,690 1.2 Michigan Monroe 210 $62,970 1.3 Michigan Muskegon 290 $51,010 1.1 Michigan Niles 160 $54,910 0.6 Michigan Saginaw 510 $61,420 1.5 Michigan Warren 6,080 $60,710 1.1 Minnesota Duluth 770 $58,880 1.3 Minnesota Minneapolis 6,560 $61,250 0.8 Minnesota Rochester 520 $52,100 1.3 Minnesota St Cloud 490 $50,770 1.1 Mississippi Gulfport 600 $39,750 1.2 Mississippi Hattiesburg 310 $36,650 1.3 Mississippi Jackson 1,490 $44,310 1.2 Missouri Columbia 340 $37,410 0.9 Missouri Jefferson City 350 $53,690 1.2 Missouri Joplin 300 $43,080 0.9 Missouri Kansas City 4,620 $52,700 0.9 Missouri Springfield 1,150 $35,360 1.3 Missouri St Joseph 280 $53,140 1.3 Missouri St Louis 6,590 $62,300 1 Montana Billings 230 $41,000 0.6 Montana Great Falls 120 $50,020 0.9 Montana Missoula 220 $53,460 1 Nebraska Lincoln 790 $39,800 1 Nebraska Omaha 3,160 $45,050 1.4 Nevada Carson City 120 $50,480 1.1 Nevada Las Vegas 6,630 $56,840 1.5 Nevada Reno 1,190 $53,660 1.2 New Hampshire Manchester 600 $47,850 1.3 New Hampshire Nashua 350 $51,450 0.6 New Hampshire Portsmouth 390 $46,000 1.6 New Hampshire Rochester 200 $46,690 0.8 New Jersey Atlantic City 1,170 $56,480 1.7 New Jersey Camden 2,070 $59,670 0.8 New Jersey Edison 3,010 $66,450 0.6 New Jersey Newark 4,490 $64,390 0.9 New Jersey Ocean City 150 $46,640 0.9 New Jersey Trenton 810 $78,830 0.8 New Jersey Vineland 320 $45,990 1.3 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,750 $45,420 0.9 New Mexico Farmington 410 $48,920 1.9 New Mexico Las Cruces 260 $39,500 1 New York Albany 2,010 $47,330 1 New York Binghamton 490 $54,560 1 New York Buffalo 2,070 $49,140 0.8 New York Elmira 130 $66,600 0.9 New York Glens Falls 150 $42,590 0.7 New York Ithaca 170 $49,540 1 New York Kingston 200 $56,290 0.8 New York Nassau 5,930 $65,220 1 New York New York 25,560 $73,230 1 New York Poughkeepsie 730 $61,190 0.6 New York Rochester 1,620 $48,230 0.7 New York Syracuse 900 $48,870 0.6 New York Utica 480 $44,660 0.8 North Carolina Asheville 710 $37,510 0.9 North Carolina Burlington 230 $39,020 0.9 North Carolina Charlotte 4,500 $39,360 1 North Carolina Durham 1,080 $39,390 0.8 North Carolina Fayetteville 770 $32,330 1.4 North Carolina Goldsboro 140 $40,230 0.9 North Carolina Greensboro 1,630 $36,430 0.9 North Carolina Greenville 350 $34,110 1.1 North Carolina Hickory 440 $32,280 0.6 North Carolina Jacksonville 100 $38,200 0.6 North Carolina Rocky Mount 380 $38,270 1.5 North Carolina Wilmington 570 $35,530 0.9 North Carolina Winston Salem 860 $36,550 0.9 North Dakota Bismarck 280 $40,770 1.2 North Dakota Fargo 650 $44,050 1.2 North Dakota Grand Forks 160 $43,340 0.8 Ohio Akron 1,710 $50,560 1.1 Ohio Canton 740 $44,150 0.9 Ohio Cincinnati 4,950 $45,100 1 Ohio Cleveland 4,640 $54,780 0.9 Ohio Columbus 3,940 $45,210 0.9 Ohio Dayton 1,830 $47,590 1 Ohio Lima 230 $49,780 1 Ohio Mansfield 260 $53,710 1.2 Ohio Sandusky 220 $54,350 1.5 Ohio Springfield 70 $34,150 0.4 Ohio Toledo 1,340 $52,570 0.9 Ohio Youngstown 1,110 $54,730 1 Oklahoma Lawton 160 $40,750 1.1 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 2,910 $36,650 1.1 Oklahoma Tulsa 2,270 $38,960 1.1 Oregon Bend 410 $59,140 1.4 Oregon Corvallis 90 $60,010 0.7 Oregon Eugene 520 $56,070 0.8 Oregon Medford 510 $51,620 1.4 Oregon Portland 4,700 $61,960 0.9 Oregon Salem 730 $55,550 1.1 Pennsylvania Allentown 1,460 $65,690 0.9 Pennsylvania Altoona 120 $44,990 0.5 Pennsylvania Erie 520 $49,080 0.9 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1,300 $49,350 0.9 Pennsylvania Johnstown 200 $39,780 0.8 Pennsylvania Lancaster 1,080 $38,850 1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 200 $40,870 1 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 8,740 $65,630 1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 4,880 $50,030 0.9 Pennsylvania Reading 900 $47,180 1.2 Pennsylvania Scranton 960 $49,890 0.8 Pennsylvania State College 120 $39,650 0.5 Pennsylvania Williamsport 250 $36,250 1.2 Pennsylvania York 880 $42,250 1.1 Rhode Island Providence 2,270 $52,580 0.8 South Carolina Anderson 410 $33,340 1.6 South Carolina Charleston 1,810 $39,710 1.3 South Carolina Columbia 1,670 $36,550 1 South Carolina Florence 460 $33,200 1.2 South Carolina Greenville 1,550 $35,850 1.1 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 540 $33,530 1 South Carolina Spartanburg 530 $33,890 1 South Carolina Sumter 100 $36,320 0.7 South Dakota Rapid City 320 $40,940 1.2 South Dakota Sioux Falls 740 $40,190 1.2 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,390 $44,050 1.3 Tennessee Clarksville 310 $38,820 0.9 Tennessee Cleveland 150 $61,000 1 Tennessee Jackson 490 $39,740 2Tennessee Johnson City 360 $31,920 1.1 Tennessee Kingsport 590 $41,300 1.1 Tennessee Knoxville 2,110 $38,590 1.3 Tennessee Memphis 2,960 $43,290 1 Tennessee Morristown 130 $37,830 0.7 Tennessee Nashville 3,490 $37,170 0.9 Texas Abilene 330 $41,090 1.2 Texas Amarillo 420 $42,960 0.9 Texas Beaumont 1,410 $46,060 1.9 Texas Brownsville 390 $26,510 0.7 Texas College Station 480 $31,690 1.4 Texas Corpus Christi 1,680 $38,670 2.1Texas Dallas 6,340 $41,750 0.6 Texas El Paso 650 $36,490 0.5 Texas Fort Worth 4,510 $41,470 1.1 Texas Houston 15,570 $41,680 1.2 Texas Killeen 520 $37,060 1 Texas Laredo 230 $28,470 0.6 Texas Longview 410 $39,710 1 Texas Lubbock 300 $33,960 0.5 Texas Mcallen 420 $28,810 0.4 Texas Midland 280 $39,050 1 Texas Odessa 430 $40,450 1.8 Texas San Angelo 150 $36,430 0.9 Texas San Antonio 3,660 $36,530 0.9 Texas Sherman 240 $37,010 1.5 Texas Texarkana 230 $40,230 1 Texas Tyler 270 $34,220 0.7 Texas Waco 340 $43,250 0.8 Texas Wichita Falls 140 $44,870 0.6 Utah Logan 240 $34,230 1.3 Utah Ogden 1,210 $41,180 1.3 Utah Provo 1,130 $49,050 1.5 Utah Salt Lake City 3,520 $41,520 1.2 Utah St George 550 $38,230 2.7Vermont Burlington 320 $45,480 0.6 Virginia Blacksburg 290 $42,420 1.1 Virginia Charlottesville 500 $40,110 1.2 Virginia Danville 220 $37,750 1.6 Virginia Harrisonburg 240 $40,220 1.1 Virginia Lynchburg 510 $36,050 1.1 Virginia Richmond 3,880 $44,280 1.3 Virginia Roanoke 950 $31,980 1.3 Virginia Virginia Beach 5,150 $40,880 1.4 Virginia Winchester 160 $40,680 0.7 Washington Bellingham 630 $46,200 1.8 Washington Bremerton 1,010 $57,110 2.8Washington Kennewick 610 $53,830 1.5 Washington Longview 150 $55,730 1.1 Washington Mount Vernon 570 $54,570 3.1Washington Olympia 400 $53,430 1 Washington Seattle 6,680 $63,710 1 Washington Spokane 1,190 $44,330 1.2 Washington Tacoma 2,170 $56,180 1.7 Washington Wenatchee 270 $48,610 1.7 Washington Yakima 220 $56,030 0.6 West Virginia Charleston 790 $49,580 1.2 West Virginia Huntington 890 $49,630 1.7 West Virginia Morgantown 290 $40,340 1.5 West Virginia Parkersburg 550 $44,280 1.8 West Virginia Weirton 220 $42,880 1.3 West Virginia Wheeling 470 $49,290 1.7 Wisconsin Appleton 1,540 $48,560 3Wisconsin Eau Claire 190 $54,180 0.6 Wisconsin Fond 150 $51,700 0.8 Wisconsin Green Bay 690 0.9 Wisconsin Janesville 460 $62,900 1.6 Wisconsin La Crosse 240 $55,720 0.8 Wisconsin Madison 1,530 $50,010 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3,590 $56,670 0.9 Wisconsin Oshkosh 410 $45,620 1.1 Wisconsin Racine 270 $53,030 0.8 Wisconsin Sheboygan 360 $49,200 1.5 Wisconsin Wausau 380 $47,200 1.3 Wyoming Cheyenne 350 $45,920 2
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