How much do electricians make: Electrician Pay Benchmark
The median published figure in the Electrician Pay Benchmark is 45.06 USD across 5 figures from 3 sources' own pages (range 30.38 to 65.50 USD), read 12 October 2026.
BreakerDesk sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
3 of the 13 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 45.06 USD across 5).
By licence level
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| licence levelall-electricians | 30.38USD | 30.38 to 30.38USD | 2 |
| licence leveljourney-level | 65.5USD | 65.5 to 65.5USD | 1 |
| licence levelsound-and-communication-lea | 54.5USD | 54.5 to 54.5USD | 1 |
| licence levelsound-and-communication-installer | 45.06USD | 45.06 to 45.06USD | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBEW Local 48 2026 wage information | 65.5USD | journey-level | 2026-10-12 |
| IBEW Local 48 2026 wage information | 54.5USD | sound-and-communication-lea | 2026-10-12 |
| IBEW Local 48 2026 wage information | 45.06USD | sound-and-communication-installer | 2026-10-12 |
| O*NET 47-2111 wages | 30.38USD | all-electricians | 2026-10-12 |
| BLS occupational wage and outlook tables | 30.38USD | all-electricians | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (5)
- IBEW Local 48 2026 wage information, read 2026-10-12:
Gross Wages for Commercial Industrial Journey-Level Electrician: $65.50 per hour
- IBEW Local 48 2026 wage information, read 2026-10-12:
Gross Wages for Sound & Communication LEA: $54.50 per hour
- IBEW Local 48 2026 wage information, read 2026-10-12:
Gross Wages for Sound and Communication Installer: $45.06 per hour
- O*NET 47-2111 wages, read 2026-10-12:
Median wages $30.38 hourly, $63,190 annual
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables, read 2026-10-12:
$30.38 per hour
Read in full, publishes no figure
10 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- IBEW Local 11 contracts and wages, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- IBEW Local 176 wage sheets, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- IBEW Local 234 wage rates, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ABS Employee Earnings, latest release, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Job Bank Canada, electrician wage report, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- O*NET 47-2111 wages, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
3 of the 13 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 5 figures, never sentences; 47 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the median, 10th and 90th percentile hourly and annual wage per state and metro from the official occupational survey, joined to the NEGOTIATED journey-level rate each IBEW local publishes for the same metro - a union-vs-survey spread nobody publishes - plus the same statistic for the neighbouring trades (HVAC, plumbing) so 'hvac vs electrician' is a number, the specialty premium (industrial, lineman, marine) and the change since the previous release
47 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (14)
- IBEW Local 11 contracts and wages(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- IBEW Local 176 wage sheets(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- IBEW Local 234 wage rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- IBEW Local 48 2026 wage information(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS Employee Earnings, latest release(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS occupational wage and outlook tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CareerOneStop wage lookup (DOL-funded)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Job Bank Canada, electrician wage report(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- O*NET 47-2111 wages(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- O*NET 47-2111 wages(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Electrician Pay Benchmark is 45.06 USD across 5 figures from 3 sources' own pages (range 30.38 to 65.50 USD), read 12 October 2026.
3 of the 13 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Electrician Pay Benchmark, licence level all-electricians: median 30.38 USD across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026.
Electrician Pay Benchmark, licence level journey-level: median 65.50 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Electrician Pay Benchmark, licence level sound-and-communication-lea: median 54.50 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Electrician Pay Benchmark, licence level sound-and-communication-installer: median 45.06 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 45.06 USD across 5).
Cite as: "BreakerDesk Electrician Pay Benchmark", updated 2026-10-18, https://breakerdesk.com/datasets/electrician-pay-benchmark/.
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