Industrial Electrical Techs Job Overview
Industrial electrical techs install, maintain and repair complex equipment. They work on various types of equipment including industrial controls, transmitters, antennas and equipment used to operate and control electric power generating plants. Some industrial electrical technicians perform preventive maintenance on a regular basis.
Industrial Electrical Techs Schools and Degrees
Many schools offer electrical technology associate degree programs. The programs typically include a thorough review of electrical systems.
Job Requirements
Many employers prefer to hire individuals who have an associate degree in electrical technology or a related subject. Professional certification is sometimes required for the occupation.
Nature of Work
- Set up and conduct tests on industrial equipment to make sure it's functioning properly
- Evaluate malfunctions of equipment
- Calibrate testing instruments and install or repair equipment to prescribed specifications
- Inspect industrial equipment components
Industrial Electrical Techs Jobs and Outlook
Individuals that have an associate degree in electrical technology or a related subject and have related experience may have the best chance of obtaining a job.
The major employers of industrial electrical techs are shown below:
- Building equipment contractors
- Manufacturing companies
- Government agencies
- Utilities
Job Numbers and Growth Nationally, there are 80,000 industrial electrical techs. The occupation is characterized by a low joblessness level. The unemployment rate for employees was 4% in 2008. Area Job Conditions Looking at workers per capita, Warner Robins (Georgia), Anniston (Alabama), and Bremerton (Washington) rise to the top of the list. Winston-Salem (North Carolina), Reno (Nevada), and San Francisco (California) have the fewest per capita. The highest salaries for employees are in and around Sacramento (California), Kennewick (Washington), and San Francisco (California). The lowest-paying areas are Huntington (West Virginia), Monroe (Louisiana), and Dalton (Georgia). Training and Education Successful workers find it useful to have a postsecondary vocational award. Employees with some schooling beyond high school, but not a college degree, total about 46%. A high school degree was all that was needed for 46% of industrial electrical techs. 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 Industrial electrical techs working less than full time, whether by design or chance, were 1% of the total.
Industrial Electrical Techs 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 |
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| Anniston | $45,000 | 200 | +818% | | Birmingham | $48,000 | 190 | -31% | | Decatur | $64,000 | 130 | +415% | | Huntsville | $45,000 | 250 | +135% | | Mobile | $46,000 | 110 | +18% | | Montgomery | $47,000 | 100 | +15% | | Tuscaloosa | $43,000 | 30 | -31% |
Alaska | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Anchorage | $70,000 | 100 | +22% |
Arizona | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Phoenix | $48,000 | 1,300 | +31% | | Tucson | $53,000 | 280 | +45% |
Arkansas | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Fort Smith | $50,000 | 30 | -49% | | Little Rock | $45,000 | 120 | -32% | | Pine Bluff | $39,000 | 30 | +103% |
California | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Bakersfield | $61,000 | 300 | +118% | | Fresno | $49,000 | 170 | -2% | | Hanford | $50,000 | 30 | +137% | | Modesto | | 40 | -52% | | Oakland | $71,000 | 560 | +2% | | Oxnard | $54,000 | 200 | +29% | | Riverside | $53,000 | 590 | -13% | | Sacramento | $83,000 | 240 | -49% | | San Diego | $50,000 | 570 | -20% | | San Francisco | $68,000 | 40 | -92% | | San Jose | $61,000 | 530 | +8% | | Santa Ana | $54,000 | 520 | -36% | | Santa Rosa | $62,000 | 50 | -47% | | Stockton | $58,000 | 40 | -64% | | Vallejo | $68,000 | 50 | -18% |
Colorado | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Boulder | $59,000 | 120 | +47% | | Colorado Springs | $46,000 | 150 | +15% | | Denver | $50,000 | 830 | +25% | | Fort Collins | $55,000 | 90 | +50% | | Greeley | $54,000 | 120 | +234% |
Connecticut | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Bridgeport | $54,000 | 100 | -57% | | Danbury | $42,000 | 110 | +224% | | Hartford | $54,000 | 330 | +8% | | New Haven | $42,000 | 100 | -31% | | Norwich | $54,000 | 150 | +142% |
Delaware | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Wilmington | $60,000 | 290 | +69% |
District of Columbia | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Washington | $51,000 | 1,050 | -15% |
Florida | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Fort Lauderdale | $41,000 | 510 | +31% | | Fort Walton Beach | $56,000 | 100 | +175% | | Jacksonville | $53,000 | 380 | +19% | | Lakeland | $46,000 | 280 | +182% | | Miami | $49,000 | 480 | -9% | | Naples | $42,000 | 40 | -33% | | Orlando | $43,000 | 860 | +54% | | Palm Bay | $54,000 | 260 | +159% | | Panama City | $51,000 | 110 | +235% | | Pensacola | $39,000 | 210 | +179% | | Port St Lucie | $38,000 | 30 | -53% | | Tallahassee | $36,000 | 80 | -3% | | Tampa | $35,000 | 1,160 | +79% | | West Palm Beach | $39,000 | 210 | -26% |
Georgia | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Albany | $49,000 | 130 | +353% | | Athens | $39,000 | 40 | +11% | | Atlanta | $48,000 | 910 | -28% | | Augusta | $43,000 | 190 | +80% | | Columbus | $41,000 | 90 | +67% | | Dalton | $29,000 | 60 | +62% | | Gainesville | $41,000 | 50 | +49% | | Warner Robins | $49,000 | 900 | +3817% |
Hawaii | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Honolulu | $64,000 | 390 | +70% |
Idaho | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Boise | $49,000 | 150 | +8% |
Illinois | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Chicago | $62,000 | 1,480 | -27% | | Peoria | $43,000 | 100 | +16% | | Rockford | $44,000 | 60 | -22% | | Springfield | $53,000 | 30 | -41% |
Indiana | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Elkhart | $39,000 | 40 | -38% | | Evansville | $40,000 | 70 | -21% | | Gary | $50,000 | 90 | -38% | | Indianapolis | $52,000 | 360 | -24% | | South Bend | $49,000 | 60 | -12% | | Terre Haute | $41,000 | 80 | +141% |
Iowa | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Cedar Rapids | $54,000 | 50 | -26% | | Davenport | $49,000 | 60 | -36% | | Des Moines | $63,000 | 290 | +70% | | Iowa City | $46,000 | 140 | +308% |
Kansas | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Topeka | $43,000 | 60 | +10% | | Wichita | $51,000 | 330 | +107% |
Kentucky | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Elizabethtown | $51,000 | 60 | +203% | | Lexington | $40,000 | 100 | -20% | | Louisville | $42,000 | 400 | +23% |
Louisiana | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Baton Rouge | $54,000 | 310 | +61% | | Lafayette | $45,000 | 60 | -18% | | Lake Charles | $57,000 | 60 | +43% | | Monroe | $32,000 | 50 | +33% | | New Orleans | $56,000 | 260 | -3% | | Shreveport | $45,000 | 150 | +68% |
Maine | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Portland | $47,000 | 40 | -61% |
Maryland | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Baltimore | $52,000 | 900 | +30% | | Bethesda | $54,000 | 220 | -27% | | Hagerstown | $45,000 | 40 | -18% |
Massachusetts | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Barnstable Town | $56,000 | 40 | -19% | | Boston | $57,000 | 650 | -29% | | Framingham | $54,000 | 120 | +46% | | Haverhill | $54,000 | 50 | +35% | | Lawrence | $45,000 | 30 | +12% | | Lowell | $54,000 | 170 | +182% | | Springfield | $50,000 | 190 | +22% | | Worcester | $49,000 | 140 | +9% |
Michigan | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Ann Arbor | $46,000 | 60 | -29% | | Battle Creek | $61,000 | 70 | +213% | | Detroit | $50,000 | 1,340 | +256% | | Grand Rapids | $55,000 | 240 | +21% | | Kalamazoo | $42,000 | 50 | -27% | | Lansing | $58,000 | 140 | +42% | | Muskegon | $39,000 | 40 | +41% | | Niles | $43,000 | 40 | +37% | | Warren | $64,000 | 680 | +11% |
Minnesota | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Duluth | $58,000 | 90 | +42% | | Minneapolis | $49,000 | 420 | -56% |
Mississippi | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Gulfport | $43,000 | 70 | +30% |
Missouri | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Jefferson City | $47,000 | 40 | +22% | | Kansas City | $45,000 | 750 | +37% | | Springfield | $45,000 | 80 | -20% | | St Joseph | $62,000 | 60 | +160% | | St Louis | $55,000 | 980 | +36% |
Montana | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Billings | $43,000 | 40 | +3% |
Nebraska | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Lincoln | $42,000 | 150 | +81% | | Omaha | $44,000 | 120 | -51% |
Nevada | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Reno | $60,000 | 30 | -72% |
New Hampshire | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Portsmouth | $52,000 | 150 | +469% |
New Jersey | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Camden | $53,000 | 360 | +29% | | Edison | $50,000 | 500 | -9% | | Newark | $51,000 | 550 | +3% | | Trenton | $49,000 | 80 | -28% |
New Mexico | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Albuquerque | $57,000 | 160 | -22% | | Farmington | $46,000 | 40 | +65% |
New York | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Albany | $47,000 | 130 | -44% | | Binghamton | $42,000 | 260 | +396% | | Buffalo | $48,000 | 180 | -37% | | Elmira | $51,000 | 60 | +283% | | Glens Falls | $47,000 | 50 | +105% | | Nassau | $47,000 | 600 | -10% | | New York | $52,000 | 1,090 | -60% | | Poughkeepsie | $60,000 | 80 | -35% | | Syracuse | $48,000 | 270 | +67% | | Utica | $36,000 | 40 | -37% |
North Carolina | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Asheville | $48,000 | 120 | +32% | | Charlotte | $41,000 | 410 | -13% | | Durham | $50,000 | 320 | +126% | | Fayetteville | $45,000 | 100 | +65% | | Greensboro | $46,000 | 410 | +110% | | Hickory | $44,000 | 70 | -15% | | Raleigh | $44,000 | 430 | +59% | | Rocky Mount | $34,000 | 50 | +83% | | Wilmington | $53,000 | 100 | +37% | | Winston Salem | $49,000 | 40 | -64% |
Ohio | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Akron | $49,000 | 210 | +19% | | Canton | $41,000 | 130 | +47% | | Cincinnati | $50,000 | 690 | +25% | | Cleveland | $41,000 | 620 | +10% | | Columbus | $46,000 | 480 | -3% | | Dayton | $53,000 | 180 | -12% | | Toledo | $56,000 | 290 | +78% | | Youngstown | $45,000 | 170 | +41% |
Oklahoma | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Lawton | $42,000 | 30 | +82% | | Oklahoma City | $52,000 | 820 | +174% | | Tulsa | $43,000 | 310 | +35% |
Oregon | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Eugene | $55,000 | 40 | -47% | | Medford | $40,000 | 30 | -27% | | Portland | $58,000 | 1,030 | +87% | | Salem | $42,000 | 30 | -60% |
Pennsylvania | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Allentown | $46,000 | 180 | +2% | | Altoona | $46,000 | 90 | +222% | | Harrisburg | $45,000 | 230 | +39% | | Lancaster | $41,000 | 180 | +48% | | Lebanon | | 50 | +137% | | Philadelphia | $52,000 | 940 | -7% | | Pittsburgh | $46,000 | 530 | -13% | | Reading | $47,000 | 80 | -4% | | Scranton | $47,000 | 170 | +27% | | Williamsport | $46,000 | 30 | +28% | | York | $48,000 | 190 | +107% |
Rhode Island | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Providence | $56,000 | 160 | -47% |
South Carolina | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Anderson | $37,000 | 60 | +112% | | Charleston | $44,000 | 200 | +32% | | Columbia | $46,000 | 300 | +63% | | Florence | $42,000 | 110 | +171% | | Greenville | $55,000 | 140 | -12% | | Spartanburg | $42,000 | 110 | +80% | | Sumter | $40,000 | 30 | +94% |
South Dakota | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Rapid City | $43,000 | 50 | +70% | | Sioux Falls | $47,000 | 130 | +88% |
Tennessee | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Chattanooga | $40,000 | 100 | -17% | | Clarksville | $56,000 | 40 | +11% | | Knoxville | $42,000 | 310 | +77% | | Memphis | $47,000 | 370 | +12% | | Nashville | $50,000 | 300 | -26% |
Texas | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Austin | $37,000 | 570 | +41% | | Beaumont | $58,000 | 260 | +227% | | Dallas | $53,000 | 910 | -19% | | Fort Worth | $58,000 | 480 | +5% | | Houston | $49,000 | 1,650 | +20% | | Lubbock | $37,000 | 40 | -34% | | San Antonio | $46,000 | 300 | -33% | | Wichita Falls | $49,000 | 40 | +49% |
Utah | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Logan | $39,000 | 30 | +43% | | Ogden | $51,000 | 610 | +496% | | Salt Lake City | $40,000 | 380 | +15% |
Vermont | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Burlington | $58,000 | 100 | +84% |
Virginia | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Richmond | $43,000 | 390 | +23% | | Virginia Beach | $47,000 | 490 | +22% |
Washington | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Bremerton | $58,000 | 240 | +499% | | Kennewick | $80,000 | 80 | +84% | | Olympia | $64,000 | 50 | +10% | | Seattle | $61,000 | 990 | +29% | | Spokane | $52,000 | 120 | +12% | | Tacoma | $63,000 | 160 | +14% |
West Virginia | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Charleston | $38,000 | 210 | +188% | | Huntington | $34,000 | 60 | +7% | | Morgantown | $46,000 | 50 | +136% | | Parkersburg | $47,000 | 30 | -9% |
Wisconsin | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Appleton | | 100 | +77% | | Green Bay | $50,000 | 120 | +42% | | La Crosse | $38,000 | 50 | +53% | | Madison | $47,000 | 310 | +78% | | Milwaukee | $50,000 | 960 | +113% | | Oshkosh | $50,000 | 90 | +121% | | Racine | $51,000 | 30 | -19% | | Wausau | $50,000 | 50 | +57% |
Wyoming | City and Area | Median Salary | Employees | Job Density |
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| Cheyenne | $50,000 | 40 | +104% |
Salary and employment data obtained from the United States Department of Labor. Individual salaries depend on location, education and career background. Thanks to CityTownInfo.com for this industrial electrical tech schools and jobs info.
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