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Electricians

Career and Education Info

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).

Career Overview Video About Electricians

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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston190$38,3401
AlabamaAuburn260$39,1001.4
AlabamaBirmingham2,980$41,9801.2
AlabamaDecatur250$39,3201.1
AlabamaDothan250$30,4301
AlabamaFlorence260$34,8801.2
AlabamaGadsden170$40,4101.2
AlabamaHuntsville800$42,7700.8
AlabamaMobile1,290$37,4801.5
AlabamaMontgomery660$36,4500.8
AlabamaTuscaloosa600$37,9201.5
AlaskaAnchorage1,140$69,1701.5
AlaskaFairbanks320$63,720 2.4
ArizonaFlagstaff210$40,0400.9
ArizonaKingman280$47,5701.3
ArizonaPhoenix10,500$43,0701.2
ArizonaPrescott280$40,6801
ArizonaTucson2,120$37,7901.2
ArizonaYuma300$41,3701.2
ArkansasFayetteville800$38,9300.9
ArkansasFort Smith370$41,3200.7
ArkansasHot Springs270$34,4601.8
ArkansasJonesboro130$34,5800.6
ArkansasLittle Rock1,330$37,4600.8
CaliforniaBakersfield1,770$55,1601.4
CaliforniaChico220$52,4100.7
CaliforniaEl Centro200$48,0100.9
CaliforniaFresno1,360$48,4700.9
CaliforniaHanford70$47,6500.6
CaliforniaMadera70$50,1100.5
CaliforniaMerced160$48,5100.7
CaliforniaModesto770$53,7601
CaliforniaNapa360$61,3701.3
CaliforniaOakland4,090$68,1100.8
CaliforniaOxnard750$53,6200.5
CaliforniaRedding220$55,7200.8
CaliforniaRiverside5,170$45,8800.8
CaliforniaSacramento4,390$48,4801
CaliforniaSalinas350$63,0600.5
CaliforniaSan Diego6,250$47,8801
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,670$82,9300.8
CaliforniaSan Jose4,230$70,4500.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo380$50,7800.9
CaliforniaSanta Ana6,640$51,1100.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara870$55,7001.1
CaliforniaSanta Cruz190$69,4900.5
CaliforniaSanta Rosa960$57,9201.1
CaliforniaStockton940$52,0600.9
CaliforniaVallejo440$56,5300.8
CaliforniaVisalia470$34,6200.8
CaliforniaYuba City100$44,1100.6
ColoradoBoulder440$54,1200.6
ColoradoColorado Springs1,650$43,2301.4
ColoradoDenver8,140$46,8201.3
ColoradoFort Collins700$41,8001.3
ColoradoGrand Junction480$42,8502
ColoradoGreeley420$34,9301.3
ColoradoPueblo360$47,0301.6
ConnecticutBridgeport1,260$54,2300.6
ConnecticutDanbury410$58,4201.3
ConnecticutHartford2,400$53,4400.9
ConnecticutNew Haven1,040$51,0200.8
ConnecticutNorwich570$52,3601
ConnecticutWaterbury410$54,3401.4
DelawareDover350$42,7801.5
DelawareWilmington1,680$52,5801.1
District of ColumbiaWashington11,580$53,4601
FloridaCape Coral1,160$40,3401.2
FloridaDeltona870$34,5001.2
FloridaFort Lauderdale4,050$40,9601.1
FloridaFort Walton Beach460$33,6101.4
FloridaGainesville480 0.9
FloridaJacksonville3,490$41,8101.2
FloridaLakeland1,150$39,3301.3
FloridaMiami3,540$40,8600.7
FloridaNaples1,020$42,4001.9
FloridaOcala450$33,2401.1
FloridaOrlando5,900$36,9201.2
FloridaPalm Bay1,100$45,9701.2
FloridaPalm Coast100$35,460 2
FloridaPanama City420$37,0801.4
FloridaPensacola840$41,1401.2
FloridaPort St Lucie1,210$38,600 2.1
FloridaSarasota1,130$38,8600.9
FloridaSebastian270$42,1001.3
FloridaTallahassee690$34,0200.9
FloridaTampa4,760$37,9000.8
FloridaWest Palm Beach3,340$40,8201.3
GeorgiaAlbany210$38,6600.8
GeorgiaAthens220$41,6900.7
GeorgiaAtlanta9,990$43,1800.9
GeorgiaAugusta740$37,4300.8
GeorgiaBrunswick140$36,7300.8
GeorgiaColumbus410$32,3700.8
GeorgiaDalton140$39,0800.4
GeorgiaGainesville520$39,4701.7
GeorgiaMacon510$39,9701.1
GeorgiaRome180$42,3401.2
GeorgiaSavannah1,110$44,1601.6
GeorgiaValdosta210$38,7800.9
GeorgiaWarner Robins120$38,2000.6
HawaiiHonolulu1,930$58,8500.9
IdahoBoise1,080$43,7600.8
IdahoCoeur Dalene350$43,8301.5
IdahoIdaho Falls510$40,880 2.6
IdahoLewiston260$52,040 2.9
IdahoPocatello170$43,4801.4
IllinoisBloomington280$66,2900.9
IllinoisChampaign650$63,4401.6
IllinoisChicago18,100$69,6401
IllinoisDanville120$50,0701.2
IllinoisKankakee190$50,5001.2
IllinoisPeoria870$58,7701.1
IllinoisRockford680$52,4801
IllinoisSpringfield380$63,4000.8
IndianaAnderson200$53,6001.2
IndianaBloomington210$47,3300.7
IndianaColumbus190$41,9501.1
IndianaElkhart590$42,4801
IndianaEvansville1,340$51,5001.7
IndianaFort Wayne1,140$54,9301.1
IndianaGary1,940$63,2001.5
IndianaIndianapolis5,370$52,5601.2
IndianaKokomo390$65,880 2.7
IndianaLafayette490$50,8101.5
IndianaMichigan City200$53,5501.1
IndianaMuncie140$44,9300.7
IndianaSouth Bend570$49,7900.9
IndianaTerre Haute270$55,3400.9
IowaAmes190$40,6501.2
IowaCedar Rapids820$49,1501.3
IowaDavenport1,220$55,1501.4
IowaDes Moines1,340$49,1500.9
IowaDubuque110$43,6900.5
IowaIowa City280$48,6600.9
IowaSioux City300$47,4201
IowaWaterloo350$44,3100.9
KansasLawrence200$40,8801.1
KansasTopeka410$44,5200.8
KansasWichita1,520$43,3801
KentuckyBowling Green400$36,2601.6
KentuckyElizabethtown170$44,9800.9
KentuckyLexington1,290$39,4401.1
KentuckyLouisville2,910$43,1501
KentuckyOwensboro330$47,4101.6
LouisianaAlexandria150$46,0800.6
LouisianaBaton Rouge2,580$42,9501.5
LouisianaHouma540$45,7301.3
LouisianaLafayette750$37,1401.1
LouisianaLake Charles730$39,7901.9
LouisianaMonroe340$35,1301
LouisianaNew Orleans3,380$45,1601.4
LouisianaShreveport890$43,4601.1
MaineBangor280$43,6401
MaineLewiston220$55,7701.1
MainePortland510$42,9900.5
MarylandBaltimore7,880$47,6101.2
MarylandBethesda2,050$51,4900.7
MarylandCumberland280$42,9701.9
MarylandHagerstown680$41,3901.5
MarylandSalisbury370$35,7601.7
MassachusettsBarnstable Town420$58,9100.9
MassachusettsBoston6,100$60,8200.7
MassachusettsBrockton290$49,1800.7
MassachusettsFramingham860$61,0801.1
MassachusettsHaverhill450$58,4201.3
MassachusettsLawrence100$49,2800.4
MassachusettsLeominster130$59,4800.6
MassachusettsLowell630$46,6701.1
MassachusettsNew Bedford140$50,7900.5
MassachusettsPittsfield100$57,4100.8
MassachusettsSpringfield1,110$50,6700.8
MassachusettsTaunton90$58,8600.5
MassachusettsWorcester1,040$51,0300.9
MichiganAnn Arbor860$68,3201.1
MichiganBattle Creek240$53,0801.2
MichiganBay City150$59,5501.1
MichiganDetroit3,660$61,4601.1
MichiganFlint790$70,1001.3
MichiganGrand Rapids2,050$49,2101.1
MichiganHolland570$41,2701.3
MichiganJackson190$57,3500.9
MichiganKalamazoo660$48,5801.1
MichiganLansing1,050$61,6901.2
MichiganMonroe210$62,9701.3
MichiganMuskegon290$51,0101.1
MichiganNiles160$54,9100.6
MichiganSaginaw510$61,4201.5
MichiganWarren6,080$60,7101.1
MinnesotaDuluth770$58,8801.3
MinnesotaMinneapolis6,560$61,2500.8
MinnesotaRochester520$52,1001.3
MinnesotaSt Cloud490$50,7701.1
MississippiGulfport600$39,7501.2
MississippiHattiesburg310$36,6501.3
MississippiJackson1,490$44,3101.2
MissouriColumbia340$37,4100.9
MissouriJefferson City350$53,6901.2
MissouriJoplin300$43,0800.9
MissouriKansas City4,620$52,7000.9
MissouriSpringfield1,150$35,3601.3
MissouriSt Joseph280$53,1401.3
MissouriSt Louis6,590$62,3001
MontanaBillings230$41,0000.6
MontanaGreat Falls120$50,0200.9
MontanaMissoula220$53,4601
NebraskaLincoln790$39,8001
NebraskaOmaha3,160$45,0501.4
NevadaCarson City120$50,4801.1
NevadaLas Vegas6,630$56,8401.5
NevadaReno1,190$53,6601.2
New HampshireManchester600$47,8501.3
New HampshireNashua350$51,4500.6
New HampshirePortsmouth390$46,0001.6
New HampshireRochester200$46,6900.8
New JerseyAtlantic City1,170$56,4801.7
New JerseyCamden2,070$59,6700.8
New JerseyEdison3,010$66,4500.6
New JerseyNewark4,490$64,3900.9
New JerseyOcean City150$46,6400.9
New JerseyTrenton810$78,8300.8
New JerseyVineland320$45,9901.3
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,750$45,4200.9
New MexicoFarmington410$48,9201.9
New MexicoLas Cruces260$39,5001
New YorkAlbany2,010$47,3301
New YorkBinghamton490$54,5601
New YorkBuffalo2,070$49,1400.8
New YorkElmira130$66,6000.9
New YorkGlens Falls150$42,5900.7
New YorkIthaca170$49,5401
New YorkKingston200$56,2900.8
New YorkNassau5,930$65,2201
New YorkNew York25,560$73,2301
New YorkPoughkeepsie730$61,1900.6
New YorkRochester1,620$48,2300.7
New YorkSyracuse900$48,8700.6
New YorkUtica480$44,6600.8
North CarolinaAsheville710$37,5100.9
North CarolinaBurlington230$39,0200.9
North CarolinaCharlotte4,500$39,3601
North CarolinaDurham1,080$39,3900.8
North CarolinaFayetteville770$32,3301.4
North CarolinaGoldsboro140$40,2300.9
North CarolinaGreensboro1,630$36,4300.9
North CarolinaGreenville350$34,1101.1
North CarolinaHickory440$32,2800.6
North CarolinaJacksonville100$38,2000.6
North CarolinaRocky Mount380$38,2701.5
North CarolinaWilmington570$35,5300.9
North CarolinaWinston Salem860$36,5500.9
North DakotaBismarck280$40,7701.2
North DakotaFargo650$44,0501.2
North DakotaGrand Forks160$43,3400.8
OhioAkron1,710$50,5601.1
OhioCanton740$44,1500.9
OhioCincinnati4,950$45,1001
OhioCleveland4,640$54,7800.9
OhioColumbus3,940$45,2100.9
OhioDayton1,830$47,5901
OhioLima230$49,7801
OhioMansfield260$53,7101.2
OhioSandusky220$54,3501.5
OhioSpringfield70$34,1500.4
OhioToledo1,340$52,5700.9
OhioYoungstown1,110$54,7301
OklahomaLawton160$40,7501.1
OklahomaOklahoma City2,910$36,6501.1
OklahomaTulsa2,270$38,9601.1
OregonBend410$59,1401.4
OregonCorvallis90$60,0100.7
OregonEugene520$56,0700.8
OregonMedford510$51,6201.4
OregonPortland4,700$61,9600.9
OregonSalem730$55,5501.1
PennsylvaniaAllentown1,460$65,6900.9
PennsylvaniaAltoona120$44,9900.5
PennsylvaniaErie520$49,0800.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,300$49,3500.9
PennsylvaniaJohnstown200$39,7800.8
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,080$38,8501
PennsylvaniaLebanon200$40,8701
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia8,740$65,6301
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh4,880$50,0300.9
PennsylvaniaReading900$47,1801.2
PennsylvaniaScranton960$49,8900.8
PennsylvaniaState College120$39,6500.5
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport250$36,2501.2
PennsylvaniaYork880$42,2501.1
Rhode IslandProvidence2,270$52,5800.8
South CarolinaAnderson410$33,3401.6
South CarolinaCharleston1,810$39,7101.3
South CarolinaColumbia1,670$36,5501
South CarolinaFlorence460$33,2001.2
South CarolinaGreenville1,550$35,8501.1
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach540$33,5301
South CarolinaSpartanburg530$33,8901
South CarolinaSumter100$36,3200.7
South DakotaRapid City320$40,9401.2
South DakotaSioux Falls740$40,1901.2
TennesseeChattanooga1,390$44,0501.3
TennesseeClarksville310$38,8200.9
TennesseeCleveland150$61,0001
TennesseeJackson490$39,740 2
TennesseeJohnson City360$31,9201.1
TennesseeKingsport590$41,3001.1
TennesseeKnoxville2,110$38,5901.3
TennesseeMemphis2,960$43,2901
TennesseeMorristown130$37,8300.7
TennesseeNashville3,490$37,1700.9
TexasAbilene330$41,0901.2
TexasAmarillo420$42,9600.9
TexasBeaumont1,410$46,0601.9
TexasBrownsville390$26,5100.7
TexasCollege Station480$31,6901.4
TexasCorpus Christi1,680$38,670 2.1
TexasDallas6,340$41,7500.6
TexasEl Paso650$36,4900.5
TexasFort Worth4,510$41,4701.1
TexasHouston15,570$41,6801.2
TexasKilleen520$37,0601
TexasLaredo230$28,4700.6
TexasLongview410$39,7101
TexasLubbock300$33,9600.5
TexasMcallen420$28,8100.4
TexasMidland280$39,0501
TexasOdessa430$40,4501.8
TexasSan Angelo150$36,4300.9
TexasSan Antonio3,660$36,5300.9
TexasSherman240$37,0101.5
TexasTexarkana230$40,2301
TexasTyler270$34,2200.7
TexasWaco340$43,2500.8
TexasWichita Falls140$44,8700.6
UtahLogan240$34,2301.3
UtahOgden1,210$41,1801.3
UtahProvo1,130$49,0501.5
UtahSalt Lake City3,520$41,5201.2
UtahSt George550$38,230 2.7
VermontBurlington320$45,4800.6
VirginiaBlacksburg290$42,4201.1
VirginiaCharlottesville500$40,1101.2
VirginiaDanville220$37,7501.6
VirginiaHarrisonburg240$40,2201.1
VirginiaLynchburg510$36,0501.1
VirginiaRichmond3,880$44,2801.3
VirginiaRoanoke950$31,9801.3
VirginiaVirginia Beach5,150$40,8801.4
VirginiaWinchester160$40,6800.7
WashingtonBellingham630$46,2001.8
WashingtonBremerton1,010$57,110 2.8
WashingtonKennewick610$53,8301.5
WashingtonLongview150$55,7301.1
WashingtonMount Vernon570$54,570 3.1
WashingtonOlympia400$53,4301
WashingtonSeattle6,680$63,7101
WashingtonSpokane1,190$44,3301.2
WashingtonTacoma2,170$56,1801.7
WashingtonWenatchee270$48,6101.7
WashingtonYakima220$56,0300.6
West VirginiaCharleston790$49,5801.2
West VirginiaHuntington890$49,6301.7
West VirginiaMorgantown290$40,3401.5
West VirginiaParkersburg550$44,2801.8
West VirginiaWeirton220$42,8801.3
West VirginiaWheeling470$49,2901.7
WisconsinAppleton1,540$48,560 3
WisconsinEau Claire190$54,1800.6
WisconsinFond150$51,7000.8
WisconsinGreen Bay690 0.9
WisconsinJanesville460$62,9001.6
WisconsinLa Crosse240$55,7200.8
WisconsinMadison1,530$50,0101
WisconsinMilwaukee3,590$56,6700.9
WisconsinOshkosh410$45,6201.1
WisconsinRacine270$53,0300.8
WisconsinSheboygan360$49,2001.5
WisconsinWausau380$47,2001.3
WyomingCheyenne350$45,9202
 

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