Best Electrician Jobs
Electrician pay by role
What employers offer in their own job posts on Best Electrician Jobs, role by role. Each figure is the median hourly rate from posts with a stated pay range, through November 13, 2026.
Posted pay by role
| Role | Median | At 40 hours a week | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data center electrician | $45.00 | $93,600 | 17 |
| Journeyman electrician | $39.65 | $82,500 | 148 |
| Fire alarm technician | $37.00 | $77,000 | 36 |
| Industrial electrician | $36.00 | $74,900 | 89 |
| Data center technician | $32.50 | $67,600 | 33 |
| Security technician | $31.50 | $65,500 | 39 |
| Low voltage technician | $29.00 | $60,300 | 33 |
| Electrician apprentice or helper | $23.00 | $47,800 | 63 |
Government wage figures
BLS reports what people in each occupation earned on employer payrolls, not what is offered in ads. It counts apprentices with electricians and puts fire alarm and security installers in one group, so its figures run lower than posted pay. For which electrical occupations pay the most, see the highest-paying electrician jobs; for pay after living costs by state, see the 2026 Electrician Payoff Report.
| BLS occupation | Median | Employed |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment (49-2094) | $35.62 | 65,010 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers (49-2022) | $30.72 | 140,920 |
| Electricians (47-2111) | $30.38 | 757,220 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers (49-2098) | $28.88 | 86,340 |
| Audiovisual equipment installers and repairers (49-2097) | $25.29 | 19,780 |
| Helpers, electricians (47-3013) | $20.51 | 63,630 |
How these figures are made
- Every posted figure comes from job posts on Best Electrician Jobs where the employer entered a pay range. Pay that appears only inside a job description is not counted.
- Only hourly pay is counted, using the midpoint of each range. Ranges under $15 or over $120 an hour are dropped, and so are ranges whose top is more than twice the bottom, because those span different jobs.
- A job posted in several cities counts once, and no company counts more than three times in any figure.
- Jobs are grouped by title. A row appears only with at least 10 posts from 5 employers. A headline figure needs 20 posts from 10 employers, and a middle-half range needs 30 posts.
- Yearly figures are the hourly rate times 2,080 hours, rounded to the nearest $100.
- Posted pay is what employers offer in their ads, not what workers end up earning. Government figures come from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025.