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Electrical Workers Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

Electrical workers in the US number about 705,000. Workers generally expect a high unemployment rate. There were about 6% of employees without jobs in 2006.

Flexibility

About 11% of electrical workers do not work for a company or organization. Whether by choice or necessity, 2% of workers work part-time.

Education

Obtaining long-term on-the-job training will help job seekers. Electrical workers with four or more years of college are 7% of the total. An estimated 42% of workers attended college at some level but did not pursue a 4-year degree. High school was enough education for 51% of employees.

Local Outlook

Where are jobs most numerous? Victoria (Texas), Appleton (Wisconsin), and Mount Vernon (Washington). Least common? McAllen (Texas), State College (Pennsylvania), and Elmira (New York). Salaries vary across the country, from highest in Trenton (New Jersey), San Francisco (California), and Kokomo (Indiana) to lowest in Brownsville (Texas), Laredo (Texas), and College Station (Texas).

Detailed local employment conditions for Electrical Workers in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Electrical Workers

Employment info for Electrical Workers, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston0.88180$37,000
AlabamaAuburn1.58290$37,000
AlabamaBirmingham0.972,380$41,000
AlabamaDecatur1.16260$39,000
AlabamaDothan1.25350$32,000
AlabamaFlorence1.48320$33,000
AlabamaGadsden1.07140$35,000
AlabamaHuntsville0.76690$43,000
AlabamaMobile1.361,110$36,000
AlabamaMontgomery0.83640$34,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.7600$38,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.441,040$66,000
AlaskaFairbanks2.29290$65,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.3290$41,000
ArizonaPhoenix1.1510,530$40,000
ArizonaPrescott1.29350$37,000
ArizonaTucson1.142,020$39,000
ArizonaYuma1.2310$39,000
ArkansasFayetteville1.02930$37,000
ArkansasFort Smith0.68350$41,000
ArkansasHot Springs2.05300$34,000
ArkansasJonesboro0.85170$36,000
ArkansasLittle Rock0.871,360$37,000
ArkansasPine Bluff1140$43,000
CaliforniaBakersfield1.692,050$53,000
CaliforniaChico0.67210$50,000
CaliforniaEl Centro1.01210$50,000
CaliforniaFresno0.91,400$45,000
CaliforniaHanford0.680$49,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.612,110$49,000
CaliforniaMadera0.84120$44,000
CaliforniaMerced0.6150$46,000
CaliforniaModesto1.12840$53,000
CaliforniaNapa1.12300$64,000
CaliforniaOakland0.783,860$65,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.58830$51,000
CaliforniaRedding0.73210$53,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.935,890$47,000
CaliforniaSacramento1.064,570$50,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.52360$58,000
CaliforniaSan Diego1.137,240$48,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.713,350$79,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.93,910$72,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1.02470$49,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.96,730$45,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1.13860$65,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz0.5190$67,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1.321,170$52,000
CaliforniaStockton1.031,000$50,000
CaliforniaVallejo0.43240$49,000
CaliforniaVisalia0.78480$39,000
CaliforniaYuba City0.6100$44,000
ColoradoBoulder0.59420$54,000
ColoradoColorado Springs1.291,530$44,000
ColoradoDenver1.267,530$46,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.18650$40,000
ColoradoGrand Junction2.12520$40,000
ColoradoGreeley1.35440$35,000
ColoradoPueblo1.5330$41,000
ConnecticutBridgeport0.571,180$53,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.46440$56,000
ConnecticutHartford0.922,490$54,000
ConnecticutNew Haven0.65840$52,000
ConnecticutNorwich1.29710$48,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.13340$54,000
DelawareDover1.59380$39,000
DelawareWilmington1.241,910$52,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.9510,650$52,000
FloridaCape Coral1.141,140$37,000
FloridaDeltona1.1800$33,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale1.314,700$40,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach1.49520$32,000
FloridaGainesville1.13560$29,000
FloridaJacksonville1.223,560$39,000
FloridaLakeland1.491,370$39,000
FloridaMiami0.783,750$39,000
FloridaNaples2.231,300$39,000
FloridaOcala1.26540$34,000
FloridaOrlando1.216,180$35,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.241,140$42,000
FloridaPanama City1.67500$34,000
FloridaPensacola1.631,160$40,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.921,140$37,000
FloridaPunta Gorda0.9150$35,000
FloridaSarasota0.971,290$38,000
FloridaSebastian1.8360$38,000
FloridaTallahassee0.72540$34,000
FloridaTampa1.16,640$36,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.534,130$40,000
GeorgiaAlbany0.63160$35,000
GeorgiaAthens0.74240$42,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.9410,860$42,000
GeorgiaAugusta0.86810$38,000
GeorgiaBrunswick1.04170$32,000
GeorgiaColumbus0.79390$36,000
GeorgiaDalton0.53180$38,000
GeorgiaGainesville2.19610$36,000
GeorgiaMacon1.12490$37,000
GeorgiaRome0.87130$39,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.31910$41,000
GeorgiaValdosta0.77160$35,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins0.63130$40,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.831,670$60,000
IdahoBoise0.961,200$42,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.86390$40,000
IdahoIdaho Falls2.64520$39,000
IdahoLewiston2.51210$49,000
IdahoPocatello1.13140$44,000
IllinoisBloomington1.21340$68,000
IllinoisChampaign1.39530$54,000
IllinoisChicago0.9617,770$67,000
IllinoisDanville1.23120$53,000
IllinoisDecatur1.83350$62,000
IllinoisKankakee1.72270$50,000
IllinoisPeoria0.93700$54,000
IllinoisRockford0.85580$56,000
IllinoisSpringfield0.8360$60,000
IndianaAnderson1.09170$57,000
IndianaBloomington0.67200$49,000
IndianaColumbus1.13190$41,000
IndianaElkhart0.85500$37,000
IndianaEvansville1.551,240$48,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.211,200$51,000
IndianaGary1.62,090$59,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.074,520$49,000
IndianaKokomo2.33430$66,000
IndianaLafayette1.49480$51,000
IndianaMichigan City1.13200$51,000
IndianaMuncie0.91180$42,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.05660$51,000
IndianaTerre Haute0.96280$55,000
IowaAmes1.55240$38,000
IowaCedar Rapids1.09660$49,000
IowaDavenport1.01830$49,000
IowaDes Moines1.131,700$46,000
IowaDubuque0.54120$43,000
IowaIowa City1.32390$43,000
IowaSioux City1.39420$44,000
IowaWaterloo0.93330$42,000
KansasLawrence1.07190$38,000
KansasTopeka0.52250$45,000
KansasWichita0.861,220$44,000
KentuckyBowling Green1.76410$33,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.06190$43,000
KentuckyLexington1.191,350$38,000
KentuckyLouisville1.033,000$41,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.72340$42,000
LouisianaAlexandria0.61150$39,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge1.512,550$39,000
LouisianaHouma1.08440$50,000
LouisianaLafayette1.14700$33,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.6610$40,000
LouisianaMonroe0.87290$36,000
LouisianaNew Orleans1.373,250$46,000
LouisianaShreveport1.04800$46,000
MaineBangor0.95260$43,000
MaineLewiston0.79160$48,000
MainePortland0.52470$45,000
MarylandBaltimore1.247,650$45,000
MarylandBethesda0.711,890$48,000
MarylandCumberland2.11300$39,000
MarylandHagerstown1.58700$40,000
MarylandSalisbury0.88190$38,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town0.7310$53,000
MassachusettsBoston0.786,390$60,000
MassachusettsBrockton0.84320$44,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.96690$57,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.3440$48,000
MassachusettsLawrence0.76190$44,000
MassachusettsLeominster0.4390$56,000
MassachusettsLowell1.48780$43,000
MassachusettsLynn0.86380$56,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford0.49130$51,000
MassachusettsSpringfield0.791,110$48,000
MassachusettsTaunton0.52100$53,000
MassachusettsWorcester0.891,040$52,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.16910$68,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.01210$49,000
MichiganBay City1.04140$58,000
MichiganDetroit1.063,770$63,000
MichiganFlint1.45940$66,000
MichiganGrand Rapids1.382,500$48,000
MichiganHolland1.25590$41,000
MichiganJackson1.08250$54,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.02650$46,000
MichiganLansing0.89820$52,000
MichiganMonroe1.31210$64,000
MichiganMuskegon1.06280$49,000
MichiganNiles1.32340$60,000
MichiganWarren1.065,950$63,000
MinnesotaDuluth1.51860$56,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.86,980$61,000
MinnesotaRochester1.36490$50,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.13490$51,000
MississippiGulfport1.08500$41,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.27310$35,000
MississippiJackson1.371,600$44,000
MissouriColumbia0.93330$38,000
MissouriJefferson City1.14340$48,000
MissouriJoplin1.03350$46,000
MissouriKansas City0.864,180$54,000
MissouriSpringfield1.171,040$31,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.35270$55,000
MissouriSt Louis16,490$58,000
MontanaBillings0.74260$40,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.02140$49,000
MontanaMissoula0.62140$51,000
NebraskaLincoln1.1790$38,000
NebraskaOmaha1.182,550$44,000
NevadaCarson City1.31150$48,000
NevadaLas Vegas1.446,470$56,000
NevadaReno1.321,330$52,000
New HampshireManchester1.25550$45,000
New HampshireNashua0.56350$48,000
New HampshirePortsmouth1.31320$44,000
New HampshireRochester0.87200$45,000
New JerseyAtlantic City1.611,010$54,000
New JerseyCamden0.792,010$67,000
New JerseyEdison0.743,620$59,000
New JerseyNewark1.034,980$66,000
New JerseyOcean City0.96160$46,000
New JerseyTrenton0.72730$73,000
New JerseyVineland1.14280$39,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque1.021,860$41,000
New MexicoFarmington1.86400$47,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.64410$34,000
New MexicoSanta Fe1.24280$38,000
New YorkAlbany0.841,740$43,000
New YorkBinghamton0.91440$53,000
New YorkBuffalo0.882,240$49,000
New YorkElmira0.3960$57,000
New YorkGlens Falls0.76160$44,000
New YorkIthaca0.93150$48,000
New YorkKingston0.99250$52,000
New YorkNassau15,970$62,000
New YorkNew York0.8620,900$70,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie0.79880$50,000
New YorkRochester0.691,640$45,000
New YorkSyracuse0.64910$47,000
New YorkUtica0.93530$42,000
North CarolinaAsheville0.83670$37,000
North CarolinaBurlington0.94230$42,000
North CarolinaCharlotte1.024,260$37,000
North CarolinaDurham0.851,040$38,000
North CarolinaFayetteville0.96510$34,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro0.92150$35,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.911,600$36,000
North CarolinaGreenville1.04310$34,000
North CarolinaHickory0.66500$33,000
North CarolinaJacksonville0.63100$34,000
North CarolinaRaleigh1.12,630$35,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount1.27320$37,000
North CarolinaWilmington0.98630$36,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.031,030$33,000
North DakotaBismarck1.03240$42,000
North DakotaFargo1.39710$42,000
North DakotaGrand Forks0.82170$41,000
OhioAkron1.021,620$47,000
OhioCanton1.14890$46,000
OhioCincinnati1.025,020$45,000
OhioCleveland0.854,360$55,000
OhioColumbus0.914,000$45,000
OhioDayton1.071,990$48,000
OhioLima1.1250$46,000
OhioMansfield0.96210$55,000
OhioSandusky1.98280$51,000
OhioToledo0.991,500$51,000
OhioYoungstown1.091,210$51,000
OklahomaLawton0.75110$43,000
OklahomaOklahoma City0.942,520$37,000
OklahomaTulsa1.092,190$42,000
OregonBend1.9560$58,000
OregonCorvallis0.560$53,000
OregonEugene0.99670$54,000
OregonMedford1.21440$53,000
OregonPortland0.874,310$58,000
OregonSalem1.13760$54,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown0.841,310$63,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona0.73190$37,000
PennsylvaniaErie0.81470$53,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg0.91,260$48,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown0.74180$43,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.211,310$39,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.08200$44,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia0.897,940$66,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh0.854,680$50,000
PennsylvaniaReading1.14850$49,000
PennsylvaniaScranton0.871,050$52,000
PennsylvaniaState College0.4100$41,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport0.91190$51,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.1900$41,000
Rhode IslandProvidence0.822,280$50,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.2300$35,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.341,820$38,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.121,830$36,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.42540$31,000
South CarolinaGreenville1.041,490$35,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1.2640$34,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg1.03570$35,000
South CarolinaSumter1.01140$31,000
South DakotaRapid City1.31340$40,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.08660$39,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.251,290$44,000
TennesseeClarksville0.94310$40,000
TennesseeCleveland1.18180$35,000
TennesseeJackson1.98450$38,000
TennesseeJohnson City0.73240$34,000
TennesseeKingsport0.89450$37,000
TennesseeKnoxville11,550$41,000
TennesseeMemphis12,990$42,000
TennesseeMorristown0.73140$36,000
TennesseeNashville0.873,160$37,000
TexasAbilene0.94240$36,000
TexasAmarillo0.89390$43,000
TexasAustin0.722,560$36,000
TexasBeaumont2.151,530$42,000
TexasBrownsville0.83450$27,000
TexasCollege Station1.29440$25,000
TexasCorpus Christi1.771,390$39,000
TexasDallas0.777,640$40,000
TexasEl Paso0.54650$34,000
TexasFort Worth0.973,830$41,000
TexasHouston1.2314,830$41,000
TexasKilleen1.04530$35,000
TexasLaredo0.73250$28,000
TexasLongview0.75300$37,000
TexasLubbock0.53270$33,000
TexasMcallen0.43410$26,000
TexasMidland1.38360$37,000
TexasOdessa1.24280$37,000
TexasSan Angelo0.89140$38,000
TexasSan Antonio0.933,600$35,000
TexasSherman0.86140$36,000
TexasTexarkana1.06220$38,000
TexasTyler0.73290$33,000
TexasVictoria3.42660$39,000
TexasWaco0.56240$41,000
TexasWichita Falls0.94220$46,000
UtahLogan0.98170$33,000
UtahOgden1.431,250$40,000
UtahProvo1.421,090$49,000
UtahSalt Lake City1.113,220$42,000
UtahSt George2.56520$37,000
VermontBurlington0.84410$42,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.58370$42,000
VirginiaCharlottesville1.06440$38,000
VirginiaDanville0.91130$39,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.32300$37,000
VirginiaLynchburg1.2540$34,000
VirginiaRichmond1.614,650$45,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.17840$33,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach1.55,400$41,000
VirginiaWinchester0.86190$40,000
WashingtonBellingham1.61550$52,000
WashingtonBremerton2.68920$55,000
WashingtonKennewick1.45550$51,000
WashingtonLongview1.11150$54,000
WashingtonMount Vernon3.01530$52,000
WashingtonOlympia0.89370$50,000
WashingtonSeattle0.886,040$56,000
WashingtonSpokane1.311,260$42,000
WashingtonTacoma1.652,080$54,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.69280$49,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.641,080$52,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.42720$48,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.33280$34,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.86550$45,000
West VirginiaWeirton2.27380$42,000
West VirginiaWheeling2.13590$47,000
WisconsinAppleton3.191,640$47,000
WisconsinFond0.69120$52,000
WisconsinGreen Bay0.76570$43,000
WisconsinJanesville1.75500$56,000
WisconsinLa Crosse0.82250$54,000
WisconsinMadison0.951,460$50,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.783,210$54,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.08390$48,000
WisconsinRacine0.84280$48,000
WisconsinSheboygan1.62390$45,000
WisconsinWausau1.44420$47,000
WyomingCasper1.7250$44,000
WyomingCheyenne1.55250$44,000

 

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