Highest-paying Cities for Electricians

The top 100 highest paying cities for electricians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of electricians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $98,730, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii is the highest paying city for electricians. It is followed by Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois (average annual salary $97,950). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of electricians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Electricians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$98,730	$57,060	2,740
2	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$97,950	$48,830	14,960
3	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$96,460	$48,780	880
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$93,300	$48,980	4,700
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$92,730	$38,890	3,280
6	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$92,720	$48,340	450
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$92,530	$47,990	6,700
8	Albany, Oregon	$89,240	$49,060	410
9	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$88,400	$55,860	350
10	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$86,400	$50,140	4,760
11	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$86,370	$40,970	13,330
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$85,790	$50,720	10,060
13	Corvallis, Oregon	$84,290	$53,470	50
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$84,150	$47,650	9,990
15	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$83,970	$42,100	700
16	Glens Falls, New York	$83,960	$45,670	310
17	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$83,140	$48,100	420
18	Decatur, Illinois	$82,800	$49,230	370
19	Bellingham, Washington	$82,730	$39,450	560
20	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$82,660	$46,420	300
21	Grants Pass, Oregon	$82,590	$48,840	70
22	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$82,470	$49,310	390
23	Salem, Oregon	$82,260	$47,950	690
24	Bend, Oregon	$81,450	$47,420	390
25	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$81,390	$39,100	560
26	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$80,860	$48,400	640
27	Medford, Oregon	$80,550	$45,950	500
28	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$80,480	$43,100	310
29	Fairbanks, Alaska	$80,440	$47,790	190
30	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$80,380	$51,310	180
31	Anchorage, Alaska	$80,290	$44,530	800
32	Springfield, Illinois	$80,230	$38,720	290
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$79,830	$46,460	13,890
34	Peoria, Illinois	$79,450	$41,310	730
35	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$79,110	$45,930	160
36	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$79,030	$46,170	490
37	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$78,940	$45,850	590
38	Rockford, Illinois	$78,850	$42,250	380
39	Longview, Washington	$78,810	$46,360	290
40	Kokomo, Indiana	$78,770	$67,370	470
41	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$78,640	$37,980	100
42	Springfield, Massachusetts	$78,560	$46,000	1,450
43	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$78,120	$44,090	2,990
44	Olympia, Washington	$78,100	$45,010	510
45	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$77,770	$44,930	150
46	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$77,750	$46,770	7,380
47	Worcester, Massachusetts	$77,710	$43,080	1,320
48	Binghamton, New York	$77,640	$39,480	420
49	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$77,150	$49,120	470
50	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$77,070	$39,070	660
51	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$77,050	$45,690	38,760
52	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$76,970	$35,890	640
53	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$76,960	$40,130	560
54	Racine, Wisconsin	$76,850	$37,980	200
55	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$76,730	$54,310	470
56	Gary, Indiana	$76,470	$45,970	1,350
57	Waterbury, Connecticut	$76,400	$41,780	560
58	Janesville, Wisconsin	$76,170	$37,440	400
59	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$76,030	$41,080	330
60	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$75,850	$50,810	180
61	Columbus, Indiana	$75,780	$50,790	270
62	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$75,710	$41,210	290
63	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$75,650	$47,120	580
64	Madison, Wisconsin	$75,650	$42,580	1,440
65	Battle Creek, Michigan	$75,400	$36,210	190
66	Bloomington, Illinois	$75,360	$46,400	460
67	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$75,110	$44,720	130
68	Yakima, Washington	$74,910	$38,010	450
69	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$74,650	$47,360	290
70	Spokane, Washington	$74,650	$40,570	1,170
71	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$74,530	$45,650	200
72	Redding, California	$74,280	$42,770	290
73	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$73,990	$49,910	940
74	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$73,800	$39,920	250
75	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$73,560	$43,100	240
76	Wausau, Wisconsin	$73,380	$42,360	310
77	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$73,360	$34,610	23,630
78	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$73,340	$43,820	20,870
79	Walla Walla, Washington	$73,070	$36,840	110
80	Duluth, Wisconsin	$72,970	$45,080	610
81	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$72,800	$44,010	1,110
82	Evansville, Kentucky	$72,480	$36,830	890
83	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$72,220	$43,960	10,070
84	Peabody, Massachusetts	$72,220	$37,550	290
85	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$71,820	$37,680	430
86	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$71,800	$40,830	160
87	Monroe, Michigan	$71,780	$36,190	150
88	Appleton, Wisconsin	$71,670	$40,040	640
89	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$71,270	$62,560	140
90	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$71,230	$44,460	350
91	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$71,210	$37,780	1,440
92	Reading, Pennsylvania	$70,620	$41,380	690
93	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$70,250	$45,390	180
94	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$69,930	$45,670	150
95	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$69,210	$37,200	400
96	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$69,180	$49,460	320
97	St Louis, Missouri	$69,010	$39,170	5,450
98	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$68,770	$32,090	4,050
99	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$68,590	$39,130	490
100	Toledo, Ohio	$68,520	$38,930	1,570

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for electricians.