Job Numbers and Growth
There are an estimated 705,000 professional electricians nationally. Most recently, workers have experienced a high level of joblessness. An estimated 6% of employees did not have employment in 2008.
Area Job Conditions
Professional electricians -of-a-feather seem to flock to Mount Vernon (Washington), Appleton (Wisconsin), and Lewiston (Idaho). They are less likely to be found around Lawrence (Massachusetts), McAllen (Texas), and Springfield (Ohio).
Compensation of workers is best in Trenton (New Jersey), San Francisco (California), and New York (New York), and much worse in McAllen (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), and Laredo (Texas).
Training and Education
Employees often find employers are looking for long-term on-the-job training. Professional electricians, in 7% of cases, have bachelor's degree or higher. After high school, 42% of workers pursued some additional career education. Employees, in 51% of cases, had 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.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Professional electricians employed part-time are 2% of the total. Workers, in about 11% of cases, work for themselves.
Professional Electricians by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)
In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.
Alabama
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anniston $38,000 190 -4% Auburn $39,000 260 +38% Birmingham $42,000 2,980 +19% Decatur $39,000 250 +9% Dothan $30,000 250 -2% Florence $35,000 260 +21% Gadsden $40,000 170 +24% Huntsville $43,000 800 -18% Mobile $37,000 1,290 +51% Montgomery $36,000 660 -17% Tuscaloosa $38,000 600 +51%
Alaska
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anchorage $69,000 1,140 +53% Fairbanks $64,000 320 +143%
Arizona
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Flagstaff $40,000 210 -10% Kingman $48,000 280 +30% Phoenix $43,000 10,500 +16% Prescott $41,000 280 +5% Tucson $38,000 2,120 +20% Yuma $41,000 300 +16%
Arkansas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Fayetteville $39,000 800 -13% Fort Smith $41,000 370 -31% Hot Springs $34,000 270 +79% Jonesboro $35,000 130 -37% Little Rock $37,000 1,330 -18%
California
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bakersfield $55,000 1,770 +41% Chico $52,000 220 -27% El Centro $48,000 200 -7% Fresno $48,000 1,360 -14% Hanford $48,000 70 -39% Madera $50,000 70 -53% Merced $49,000 160 -34% Modesto $54,000 770 +1% Napa $61,000 360 +30% Oakland $68,000 4,090 -18% Oxnard $54,000 750 -47% Redding $56,000 220 -24% Riverside $46,000 5,170 -17% Sacramento $48,000 4,390 +2% Salinas $63,000 350 -51% San Diego $48,000 6,250 -4% San Francisco $83,000 3,670 -24% San Jose $70,000 4,230 -5% San Luis Obispo $51,000 380 -15% Santa Ana $51,000 6,640 -11% Santa Barbara $56,000 870 +12% Santa Cruz $69,000 190 -51% Santa Rosa $58,000 960 +12% Stockton $52,000 940 -6% Vallejo $57,000 440 -21% Visalia $35,000 470 -24% Yuba City $44,000 100 -37%
Colorado
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Boulder $54,000 440 -41% Colorado Springs $43,000 1,650 +39% Denver $47,000 8,140 +34% Fort Collins $42,000 700 +28% Grand Junction $43,000 480 +99% Greeley $35,000 420 +28% Pueblo $47,000 360 +58%
Connecticut
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bridgeport $54,000 1,260 -40% Danbury $58,000 410 +33% Hartford $53,000 2,400 -14% New Haven $51,000 1,040 -21% Norwich $52,000 570 +1% Waterbury $54,000 410 +39%
Delaware
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Dover $43,000 350 +50% Wilmington $53,000 1,680 +7%
District of Columbia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Washington $53,000 11,580 +3%
Florida
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Cape Coral $40,000 1,160 +18% Deltona $35,000 870 +22% Fort Lauderdale $41,000 4,050 +14% Fort Walton Beach $34,000 460 +39% Gainesville 480 -7% Jacksonville $42,000 3,490 +20% Lakeland $39,000 1,150 +27% Miami $41,000 3,540 -26% Naples $42,000 1,020 +87% Ocala $33,000 450 +7% Orlando $37,000 5,900 +16% Palm Bay $46,000 1,100 +20% Palm Coast $35,000 100 +103% Panama City $37,000 420 +40% Pensacola $41,000 840 +23% Port St Lucie $39,000 1,210 +110% Sarasota $39,000 1,130 -9% Sebastian $42,000 270 +34% Tallahassee $34,000 690 -8% Tampa $38,000 4,760 -19% West Palm Beach $41,000 3,340 +29%
Georgia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albany $39,000 210 -20% Athens $42,000 220 -33% Atlanta $43,000 9,990 -13% Augusta $37,000 740 -23% Brunswick $37,000 140 -20% Columbus $32,000 410 -17% Dalton $39,000 140 -59% Gainesville $39,000 520 +70% Macon $40,000 510 +15% Rome $42,000 180 +21% Savannah $44,000 1,110 +61% Valdosta $39,000 210 -11% Warner Robins $38,000 120 -43%
Hawaii
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Honolulu $59,000 1,930 -8%
Idaho
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Boise $44,000 1,080 -15% Coeur Dalene $44,000 350 +50% Idaho Falls $41,000 510 +157% Lewiston $52,000 260 +194% Pocatello $43,000 170 +41%
Illinois
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bloomington $66,000 280 -9% Champaign $63,000 650 +55% Chicago $70,000 18,100 -3% Danville $50,000 120 +19% Kankakee $51,000 190 +24% Peoria $59,000 870 +10% Rockford $52,000 680 -3% Springfield $63,000 380 -18%
Indiana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anderson $54,000 200 +22% Bloomington $47,000 210 -29% Columbus $42,000 190 +8% Elkhart $42,000 590 +0% Evansville $52,000 1,340 +66% Fort Wayne $55,000 1,140 +15% Gary $63,000 1,940 +47% Indianapolis $53,000 5,370 +24% Kokomo $66,000 390 +171% Lafayette $51,000 490 +48% Michigan City $54,000 200 +12% Muncie $45,000 140 -26% South Bend $50,000 570 -8% Terre Haute $55,000 270 -11%
Iowa
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Ames $41,000 190 +23% Cedar Rapids $49,000 820 +33% Davenport $55,000 1,220 +43% Des Moines $49,000 1,340 -14% Dubuque $44,000 110 -49% Iowa City $49,000 280 -10% Sioux City $47,000 300 -3% Waterloo $44,000 350 -7%
Kansas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Lawrence $41,000 200 +6% Topeka $45,000 410 -18% Wichita $43,000 1,520 +5%
Kentucky
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bowling Green $36,000 400 +64% Elizabethtown $45,000 170 -6% Lexington $39,000 1,290 +13% Louisville $43,000 2,910 -2% Owensboro $47,000 330 +63%
Louisiana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Alexandria $46,000 150 -41% Baton Rouge $43,000 2,580 +47% Houma $46,000 540 +28% Lafayette $37,000 750 +13% Lake Charles $40,000 730 +90% Monroe $35,000 340 -1% New Orleans $45,000 3,380 +38% Shreveport $43,000 890 +9%
Maine
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bangor $44,000 280 +2% Lewiston $56,000 220 +7% Portland $43,000 510 -46%
Maryland
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Baltimore $48,000 7,880 +24% Bethesda $51,000 2,050 -26% Cumberland $43,000 280 +94% Hagerstown $41,000 680 +53% Salisbury $36,000 370 +67%
Massachusetts
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Barnstable Town $59,000 420 -7% Boston $61,000 6,100 -27% Brockton $49,000 290 -27% Framingham $61,000 860 +15% Haverhill $58,000 450 +33% Lawrence $49,000 100 -59% Leominster $59,000 130 -38% Lowell $47,000 630 +15% New Bedford $51,000 140 -50% Pittsfield $57,000 100 -25% Springfield $51,000 1,110 -22% Taunton $59,000 90 -53% Worcester $51,000 1,040 -11%
Michigan
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Ann Arbor $68,000 860 +12% Battle Creek $53,000 240 +18% Bay City $60,000 150 +7% Detroit $61,000 3,660 +7% Flint $70,000 790 +26% Grand Rapids $49,000 2,050 +13% Holland $41,000 570 +25% Jackson $57,000 190 -13% Kalamazoo $49,000 660 +6% Lansing $62,000 1,050 +17% Monroe $63,000 210 +30% Muskegon $51,000 290 +12% Niles $55,000 160 -40% Saginaw $61,000 510 +53% Warren $61,000 6,080 +8%
Minnesota
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Duluth $59,000 770 +33% Minneapolis $61,000 6,560 -25% Rochester $52,000 520 +26% St Cloud $51,000 490 +7%
Mississippi
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Gulfport $40,000 600 +23% Hattiesburg $37,000 310 +28% Jackson $44,000 1,490 +24%
Missouri
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Columbia $37,000 340 -6% Jefferson City $54,000 350 +18% Joplin $43,000 300 -15% Kansas City $53,000 4,620 -8% Springfield $35,000 1,150 +26% St Joseph $53,000 280 +33% St Louis $62,000 6,590 +0%
Montana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Billings $41,000 230 -35% Great Falls $50,000 120 -14% Missoula $53,000 220 +1%
Nebraska
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Lincoln $40,000 790 +5% Omaha $45,000 3,160 +42%
Nevada
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Carson City $50,000 120 +12% Las Vegas $57,000 6,630 +48% Reno $54,000 1,190 +23%
New Hampshire
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Manchester $48,000 600 +28% Nashua $51,000 350 -45% Portsmouth $46,000 390 +62% Rochester $47,000 200 -17%
New Jersey
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Atlantic City $56,000 1,170 +72% Camden $60,000 2,070 -19% Edison $66,000 3,010 -40% Newark $64,000 4,490 -8% Ocean City $47,000 150 -12% Trenton $79,000 810 -19% Vineland $46,000 320 +31%
New Mexico
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albuquerque $45,000 1,750 -6% Farmington $49,000 410 +85% Las Cruces $40,000 260 -1%
New York
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albany $47,000 2,010 -4% Binghamton $55,000 490 +3% Buffalo $49,000 2,070 -20% Elmira $67,000 130 -9% Glens Falls $43,000 150 -33% Ithaca $50,000 170 -3% Kingston $56,000 200 -21% Nassau $65,000 5,930 -3% New York $73,000 25,560 +3% Poughkeepsie $61,000 730 -35% Rochester $48,000 1,620 -33% Syracuse $49,000 900 -39% Utica $45,000 480 -17%
North Carolina
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Asheville $38,000 710 -14% Burlington $39,000 230 -9% Charlotte $39,000 4,500 +5% Durham $39,000 1,080 -16% Fayetteville $32,000 770 +39% Goldsboro $40,000 140 -9% Greensboro $36,000 1,630 -8% Greenville $34,000 350 +13% Hickory $32,000 440 -41% Jacksonville $38,000 100 -40% Rocky Mount $38,000 380 +53% Wilmington $36,000 570 -14% Winston Salem $37,000 860 -15%
North Dakota
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bismarck $41,000 280 +17% Fargo $44,000 650 +24% Grand Forks $43,000 160 -21%
Ohio
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Akron $51,000 1,710 +6% Canton $44,000 740 -8% Cincinnati $45,000 4,950 -2% Cleveland $55,000 4,640 -10% Columbus $45,000 3,940 -13% Dayton $48,000 1,830 -2% Lima $50,000 230 +4% Mansfield $54,000 260 +19% Sandusky $54,000 220 +54% Springfield $34,000 70 -64% Toledo $53,000 1,340 -10% Youngstown $55,000 1,110 +1%
Oklahoma
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Lawton $41,000 160 +7% Oklahoma City $37,000 2,910 +7% Tulsa $39,000 2,270 +8%
Oregon
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bend $59,000 410 +38% Corvallis $60,000 90 -27% Eugene $56,000 520 -24% Medford $52,000 510 +37% Portland $62,000 4,700 -7% Salem $56,000 730 +6%
Pennsylvania
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Allentown $66,000 1,460 -9% Altoona $45,000 120 -53% Erie $49,000 520 -9% Harrisburg $49,000 1,300 -14% Johnstown $40,000 200 -17% Lancaster $39,000 1,080 -3% Lebanon $41,000 200 +4% Philadelphia $66,000 8,740 -5% Pittsburgh $50,000 4,880 -12% Reading $47,000 900 +18% Scranton $50,000 960 -21% State College $40,000 120 -50% Williamsport $36,000 250 +17% York $42,000 880 +5%
Rhode Island
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Providence $53,000 2,270 -17%
South Carolina
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anderson $33,000 410 +59% Charleston $40,000 1,810 +31% Columbia $37,000 1,670 0% Florence $33,000 460 +24% Greenville $36,000 1,550 +7% Myrtle Beach $34,000 540 +1% Spartanburg $34,000 530 -5% Sumter $36,000 100 -29%
South Dakota
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Rapid City $41,000 320 +19% Sioux Falls $40,000 740 +17%
Tennessee
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Chattanooga $44,000 1,390 +27% Clarksville $39,000 310 -6% Cleveland $61,000 150 +5% Jackson $40,000 490 +100% Johnson City $32,000 360 +11% Kingsport $41,000 590 +14% Knoxville $39,000 2,110 +32% Memphis $43,000 2,960 -1% Morristown $38,000 130 -33% Nashville $37,000 3,490 -6%
Texas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Abilene $41,000 330 +24% Amarillo $43,000 420 -6% Beaumont $46,000 1,410 +94% Brownsville $27,000 390 -30% College Station $32,000 480 +42% Corpus Christi $39,000 1,680 +106% Dallas $42,000 6,340 -38% El Paso $36,000 650 -48% Fort Worth $41,000 4,510 +8% Houston $42,000 15,570 +24% Killeen $37,000 520 -4% Laredo $28,000 230 -37% Longview $40,000 410 -1% Lubbock $34,000 300 -45% Mcallen $29,000 420 -59% Midland $39,000 280 -2% Odessa $40,000 430 +80% San Angelo $36,000 150 -10% San Antonio $37,000 3,660 -10% Sherman $37,000 240 +49% Texarkana $40,000 230 +0% Tyler $34,000 270 -33% Waco $43,000 340 -21% Wichita Falls $45,000 140 -43%
Utah
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Logan $34,000 240 +26% Ogden $41,000 1,210 +30% Provo $49,000 1,130 +48% Salt Lake City $42,000 3,520 +16% St George $38,000 550 +171%
Vermont
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Burlington $45,000 320 -35%
Virginia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Blacksburg $42,000 290 +11% Charlottesville $40,000 500 +21% Danville $38,000 220 +57% Harrisonburg $40,000 240 +5% Lynchburg $36,000 510 +14% Richmond $44,000 3,880 +34% Roanoke $32,000 950 +31% Virginia Beach $41,000 5,150 +41% Winchester $41,000 160 -28%
Washington
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bellingham $46,000 630 +81% Bremerton $57,000 1,010 +177% Kennewick $54,000 610 +54% Longview $56,000 150 +14% Mount Vernon $55,000 570 +208% Olympia $53,000 400 -4% Seattle $64,000 6,680 -4% Spokane $44,000 1,190 +22% Tacoma $56,000 2,170 +70% Wenatchee $49,000 270 +65% Yakima $56,000 220 -37%
West Virginia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Charleston $50,000 790 +19% Huntington $50,000 890 +74% Morgantown $40,000 290 +50% Parkersburg $44,000 550 +83% Weirton $43,000 220 +27% Wheeling $49,000 470 +73%
Wisconsin
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Appleton $49,000 1,540 +199% Eau Claire $54,000 190 -43% Fond $52,000 150 -17% Green Bay 690 -11% Janesville $63,000 460 +64% La Crosse $56,000 240 -19% Madison $50,000 1,530 -4% Milwaukee $57,000 3,590 -13% Oshkosh $46,000 410 +11% Racine $53,000 270 -20% Sheboygan $49,000 360 +49% Wausau $47,000 380 +31%
Wyoming
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Cheyenne $46,000 350 +96%
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