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

$31,200$36,400$39,890$47,520$56,770
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$15.00$17.50$19.18$22.85$27.29
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$31,200

25th Percentile

$36,400

Median

$39,890

75th Percentile

$47,520

90th Percentile

$56,770

Salary by State

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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

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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

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.