47 Series · SOC 47-3013
Helpers--Electricians
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$39,890
per year
Median Hourly
$19.18/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$42,900
average
Employment
64,440
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$31,200
25th Percentile
$36,400
Median
$39,890
75th Percentile
$47,520
90th Percentile
$56,770
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode Island | $60,860 | +53% above national |
| 2 | Missouri | $56,870 | +43% above national |
| 3 | Washington | $56,020 | +40% above national |
| 4 | Nebraska | $50,550 | +27% above national |
| 5 | New York | $49,410 | +24% above national |
| 6 | Connecticut | $48,350 | +21% above national |
| 7 | California | $47,540 | +19% above national |
| 8 | District of Columbia | $47,510 | +19% above national |
| 9 | Oregon | $47,020 | +18% above national |
| 10 | Idaho | $46,970 | +18% above national |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $46,810 | +17% above national |
| 12 | Texas | $45,880 | +15% above national |
| 13 | Wisconsin | $45,750 | +15% above national |
| 14 | Hawaii | $45,650 | +14% above national |
| 15 | Maryland | $45,460 | +14% above national |
| 16 | Arizona | $45,410 | +14% above national |
| 17 | Maine | $45,230 | +13% above national |
| 18 | Virgin Islands | $45,100 | +13% above national |
| 19 | Oklahoma | $44,170 | +11% above national |
| 20 | Utah | $42,120 | +6% above national |
| 21 | Iowa | $42,010 | +5% above national |
| 22 | Nevada | $41,610 | +4% above national |
| 23 | Ohio | $40,730 | +2% above national |
| 24 | Michigan | $40,220 | +1% above national |
| 25 | New Mexico | $39,610 | 1% below national |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | $39,490 | 1% below national |
| 27 | Indiana | $39,420 | 1% below national |
| 28 | New Jersey | $39,070 | 2% below national |
| 29 | Louisiana | $39,050 | 2% below national |
| 30 | Arkansas | $38,860 | 3% below national |
| 31 | Virginia | $38,780 | 3% below national |
| 32 | Delaware | $38,770 | 3% below national |
| 33 | Tennessee | $38,720 | 3% below national |
| 34 | North Carolina | $38,270 | 4% below national |
| 35 | South Carolina | $38,050 | 5% below national |
| 36 | New Hampshire | $37,980 | 5% below national |
| 37 | Kentucky | $37,930 | 5% below national |
| 38 | Florida | $37,590 | 6% below national |
| 39 | Georgia | $37,300 | 6% below national |
| 40 | Wyoming | $37,290 | 7% below national |
| 41 | Vermont | $36,920 | 7% below national |
| 42 | Mississippi | $36,580 | 8% below national |
| 43 | Alabama | $35,860 | 10% below national |
| 44 | Montana | $35,360 | 11% below national |
| 45 | Colorado | $34,790 | 13% below national |
| 46 | West Virginia | $34,780 | 13% below national |
| 47 | Kansas | $33,550 | 16% below national |
| 48 | South Dakota | $31,710 | 21% below national |
| 49 | Illinois | $31,020 | 22% below national |
| 50 | Guam | $28,880 | 28% below national |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $25,150 | 37% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $74,260 | +86% above national |
| 2 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $62,710 | +57% above national |
| 3 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $60,860 | +53% above national |
| 4 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $56,070 | +41% above national |
| 5 | Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area | $56,020 | +40% above national |
| 6 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $49,650 | +24% above national |
| 7 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $49,160 | +23% above national |
| 8 | Baton Rouge, LA | $48,820 | +22% above national |
| 9 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $48,820 | +22% above national |
| 10 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $48,790 | +22% above national |
| 11 | Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $48,770 | +22% above national |
| 12 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $48,170 | +21% above national |
| 13 | Akron, OH | $47,950 | +20% above national |
| 14 | Madison, WI | $47,820 | +20% above national |
| 15 | College Station-Bryan, TX | $47,500 | +19% above national |
| 16 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $47,390 | +19% above national |
| 17 | Midland, TX | $47,290 | +19% above national |
| 18 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $47,040 | +18% above national |
| 19 | Janesville-Beloit, WI | $46,910 | +18% above national |
| 20 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $46,820 | +17% above national |
| 21 | Tulsa, OK | $46,580 | +17% above national |
| 22 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $46,560 | +17% above national |
| 23 | Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $46,560 | +17% above national |
| 24 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $46,350 | +16% above national |
| 25 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $46,280 | +16% above national |
| 26 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $46,240 | +16% above national |
| 27 | Lewiston-Auburn, ME | $46,200 | +16% above national |
| 28 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $46,100 | +16% above national |
| 29 | Modesto, CA | $46,030 | +15% above national |
| 30 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $45,970 | +15% above national |
| 31 | Eau Claire, WI | $45,760 | +15% above national |
| 32 | Green Bay, WI | $45,660 | +14% above national |
| 33 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $45,650 | +14% above national |
| 34 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $45,410 | +14% above national |
| 35 | Appleton, WI | $45,370 | +14% above national |
| 36 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $45,370 | +14% above national |
| 37 | Oklahoma City, OK | $45,360 | +14% above national |
| 38 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $45,280 | +14% above national |
| 39 | Corpus Christi, TX | $45,190 | +13% above national |
| 40 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $45,000 | +13% above national |
| 41 | Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area | $44,940 | +13% above national |
| 42 | Waco, TX | $44,760 | +12% above national |
| 43 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $44,740 | +12% above national |
| 44 | Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $44,630 | +12% above national |
| 45 | Bangor, ME | $44,520 | +12% above national |
| 46 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $44,410 | +11% above national |
| 47 | Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area | $44,390 | +11% above national |
| 48 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $44,120 | +11% above national |
| 49 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $44,050 | +10% above national |
| 50 | Reading, PA | $43,920 | +10% above national |
| 51 | Longview, TX | $43,900 | +10% above national |
| 52 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $43,890 | +10% above national |
| 53 | Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $43,880 | +10% above national |
| 54 | Amarillo, TX | $43,670 | +9% above national |
| 55 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $43,660 | +9% above national |
| 56 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $43,650 | +9% above national |
| 57 | Columbus, OH | $43,610 | +9% above national |
| 58 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $43,450 | +9% above national |
| 59 | Jonesboro, AR | $43,220 | +8% above national |
| 60 | Worcester, MA | $43,040 | +8% above national |
| 61 | Fort Wayne, IN | $42,940 | +8% above national |
| 62 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $42,830 | +7% above national |
| 63 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $42,450 | +6% above national |
| 64 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $42,170 | +6% above national |
| 65 | Springfield, MA | $42,060 | +5% above national |
| 66 | Charlottesville, VA | $41,840 | +5% above national |
| 67 | Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $41,630 | +4% above national |
| 68 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $41,600 | +4% above national |
| 69 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $41,510 | +4% above national |
| 70 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $41,270 | +3% above national |
| 71 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $41,150 | +3% above national |
| 72 | South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $41,140 | +3% above national |
| 73 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $41,080 | +3% above national |
| 74 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $41,010 | +3% above national |
| 75 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $41,010 | +3% above national |
| 76 | Rochester, NY | $40,930 | +3% above national |
| 77 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $40,800 | +2% above national |
| 78 | Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $40,470 | +1% above national |
| 79 | Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $40,370 | +1% above national |
| 80 | Abilene, TX | $40,360 | +1% above national |
| 81 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $40,220 | +1% above national |
| 82 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $40,220 | +1% above national |
| 83 | Florence, SC | $40,100 | +1% above national |
| 84 | South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $40,100 | +1% above national |
| 85 | York-Hanover, PA | $40,010 | same as national |
| 86 | Gainesville, GA | $39,990 | same as national |
| 87 | Farmington, NM | $39,910 | same as national |
| 88 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $39,900 | same as national |
| 89 | Ogden, UT | $39,880 | same as national |
| 90 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $39,770 | same as national |
| 91 | Bellingham, WA | $39,670 | 1% below national |
| 92 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $39,620 | 1% below national |
| 93 | Albuquerque, NM | $39,610 | 1% below national |
| 94 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $39,500 | 1% below national |
| 95 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $39,410 | 1% below national |
| 96 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $39,360 | 1% below national |
| 97 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $39,330 | 1% below national |
| 98 | Lexington Park, MD | $39,280 | 2% below national |
| 99 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $39,210 | 2% below national |
| 100 | Pittsburgh, PA | $39,170 | 2% below national |
| 101 | Spartanburg, SC | $39,140 | 2% below national |
| 102 | Punta Gorda, FL | $39,130 | 2% below national |
| 103 | Asheville, NC | $38,950 | 2% below national |
| 104 | Clarksville, TN-KY | $38,900 | 2% below national |
| 105 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $38,860 | 3% below national |
| 106 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $38,850 | 3% below national |
| 107 | Decatur, AL | $38,800 | 3% below national |
| 108 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $38,770 | 3% below national |
| 109 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $38,750 | 3% below national |
| 110 | Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $38,700 | 3% below national |
| 111 | High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area | $38,690 | 3% below national |
| 112 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $38,680 | 3% below national |
| 113 | Greenville, NC | $38,650 | 3% below national |
| 114 | Evansville, IN | $38,600 | 3% below national |
| 115 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | $38,600 | 3% below national |
| 116 | El Paso, TX | $38,560 | 3% below national |
| 117 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $38,460 | 4% below national |
| 118 | Dalton, GA | $38,390 | 4% below national |
| 119 | Lawton, OK | $38,310 | 4% below national |
| 120 | Richmond, VA | $38,310 | 4% below national |
| 121 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $38,280 | 4% below national |
| 122 | Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $38,260 | 4% below national |
| 123 | Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $38,260 | 4% below national |
| 124 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $38,230 | 4% below national |
| 125 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $38,200 | 4% below national |
| 126 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $38,190 | 4% below national |
| 127 | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | $38,160 | 4% below national |
| 128 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $38,160 | 4% below national |
| 129 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $38,130 | 4% below national |
| 130 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $38,070 | 5% below national |
| 131 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $38,070 | 5% below national |
| 132 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $38,070 | 5% below national |
| 133 | Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $38,010 | 5% below national |
| 134 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $37,930 | 5% below national |
| 135 | Maryland nonmetropolitan area | $37,740 | 5% below national |
| 136 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $37,720 | 5% below national |
| 137 | Savannah, GA | $37,690 | 6% below national |
| 138 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $37,660 | 6% below national |
| 139 | North Florida nonmetropolitan area | $37,640 | 6% below national |
| 140 | Paducah, KY-IL | $37,610 | 6% below national |
| 141 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $37,530 | 6% below national |
| 142 | Goldsboro, NC | $37,470 | 6% below national |
| 143 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $37,440 | 6% below national |
| 144 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $37,440 | 6% below national |
| 145 | Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $37,440 | 6% below national |
| 146 | Bowling Green, KY | $37,400 | 6% below national |
| 147 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $37,400 | 6% below national |
| 148 | Sumter, SC | $37,400 | 6% below national |
| 149 | Knoxville, TN | $37,390 | 6% below national |
| 150 | Port St. Lucie, FL | $37,380 | 6% below national |
| 151 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | $37,370 | 6% below national |
| 152 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $37,360 | 6% below national |
| 153 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $37,350 | 6% below national |
| 154 | Lake Charles, LA | $37,300 | 6% below national |
| 155 | Macon-Bibb County, GA | $37,300 | 6% below national |
| 156 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $37,290 | 7% below national |
| 157 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $37,240 | 7% below national |
| 158 | Harrisonburg, VA | $37,230 | 7% below national |
| 159 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $37,230 | 7% below national |
| 160 | Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | $37,160 | 7% below national |
| 161 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $37,110 | 7% below national |
| 162 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $37,060 | 7% below national |
| 163 | Lynchburg, VA | $37,050 | 7% below national |
| 164 | Columbia, SC | $37,040 | 7% below national |
| 165 | Jacksonville, FL | $37,040 | 7% below national |
| 166 | Fresno, CA | $37,010 | 7% below national |
| 167 | Tyler, TX | $36,970 | 7% below national |
| 168 | Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | $36,970 | 7% below national |
| 169 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $36,940 | 7% below national |
| 170 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $36,870 | 8% below national |
| 171 | Mobile, AL | $36,860 | 8% below national |
| 172 | Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $36,840 | 8% below national |
| 173 | North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $36,810 | 8% below national |
| 174 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $36,760 | 8% below national |
| 175 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $36,750 | 8% below national |
| 176 | Fayetteville, NC | $36,720 | 8% below national |
| 177 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $36,660 | 8% below national |
| 178 | Winston-Salem, NC | $36,650 | 8% below national |
| 179 | Tucson, AZ | $36,610 | 8% below national |
| 180 | East Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $36,610 | 8% below national |
| 181 | Rocky Mount, NC | $36,530 | 8% below national |
| 182 | Huntsville, AL | $36,490 | 9% below national |
| 183 | Wilmington, NC | $36,480 | 9% below national |
| 184 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $36,440 | 9% below national |
| 185 | Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | $36,440 | 9% below national |
| 186 | Jacksonville, NC | $36,420 | 9% below national |
| 187 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $36,400 | 9% below national |
| 188 | South Florida nonmetropolitan area | $36,330 | 9% below national |
| 189 | Rapid City, SD | $36,320 | 9% below national |
| 190 | Morristown, TN | $36,290 | 9% below national |
| 191 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | $36,240 | 9% below national |
| 192 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | $36,220 | 9% below national |
| 193 | Johnson City, TN | $36,180 | 9% below national |
| 194 | Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $36,150 | 9% below national |
| 195 | Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $36,110 | 9% below national |
| 196 | Birmingham, AL | $36,080 | 10% below national |
| 197 | Roanoke, VA | $36,010 | 10% below national |
| 198 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $35,920 | 10% below national |
| 199 | Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $35,900 | 10% below national |
| 200 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $35,880 | 10% below national |
| 201 | Burlington, NC | $35,840 | 10% below national |
| 202 | South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $35,830 | 10% below national |
| 203 | Monroe, LA | $35,760 | 10% below national |
| 204 | Valdosta, GA | $35,690 | 11% below national |
| 205 | Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | $35,690 | 11% below national |
| 206 | Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $35,620 | 11% below national |
| 207 | Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $35,610 | 11% below national |
| 208 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $35,530 | 11% below national |
| 209 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $35,500 | 11% below national |
| 210 | Jackson, MS | $35,360 | 11% below national |
| 211 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | $35,350 | 11% below national |
| 212 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $35,290 | 12% below national |
| 213 | Erie, PA | $35,080 | 12% below national |
| 214 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $35,040 | 12% below national |
| 215 | Montgomery, AL | $35,010 | 12% below national |
| 216 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $34,860 | 13% below national |
| 217 | Tallahassee, FL | $34,810 | 13% below national |
| 218 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $34,730 | 13% below national |
| 219 | Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | $34,120 | 14% below national |
| 220 | Dothan, AL | $34,070 | 15% below national |
| 221 | Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $33,650 | 16% below national |
| 222 | Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $32,120 | 19% below national |
| 223 | Columbus, GA-AL | $31,700 | 21% below national |
| 224 | East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $29,910 | 25% below national |
| 225 | West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $29,840 | 25% below national |
| 226 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $29,120 | 27% below national |
| 227 | Mayaguez, PR | $26,790 | 33% below national |
| 228 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | $26,090 | 35% below national |
| 229 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $25,640 | 36% below national |
| 230 | Ponce, PR | $22,980 | 42% below national |
| 231 | Aguadilla, PR | $22,520 | 44% below national |