Helpers--Electricians salary

SOC 47-3013 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$42,670

per year, nationally

Middle half

$36,830–$48,470

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

63,630

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+0.2%

6,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$33,020$58,340

10th: $33,020
25th: $36,830
Median: $42,670
75th: $48,470
90th: $58,340

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where helpers--electricians earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$61,110	107.0	560	0.39×
2	Missouri	$58,340	90.8	380	0.32×
3	Colorado	$56,420	103.1	—	—
4	Connecticut	$56,020	103.6	390	0.56×
5	California	$52,080	110.7	3,120	0.42×
6	Oregon	$49,800	103.4	570	0.71×
7	Massachusetts	$48,340	105.8	610	0.41×
8	District of Columbia	$48,300	109.9	330	1.15×
9	New Mexico	$48,030	92.2	510	1.45×
10	Hawaii	$47,890	110.0	—	—
11	Wisconsin	$47,230	94.1	1,180	0.98×
12	New York	$47,210	107.9	4,120	1.04×
13	Minnesota	$46,750	98.6	—	—
14	Maine	$46,550	97.0	1,000	3.81×
15	Oklahoma	$46,110	87.8	1,630	2.33×
16	Kansas	$44,990	90.1	600	1.02×
17	New Jersey	$44,550	108.8	1,670	0.95×
18	Virginia	$44,530	101.1	2,180	1.30×
19	Texas	$44,360	97.1	7,320	1.27×
20	Michigan	$44,240	96.2	500	0.28×
21	Nevada	$44,140	100.0	440	0.69×
22	Arizona	$44,110	100.7	1,240	0.94×
23	Nebraska	$44,050	90.1	140	0.33×
24	Maryland	$43,970	105.0	1,010	0.89×
25	Illinois	$43,290	100.0	30	0.01×
26	Utah	$43,250	98.9	520	0.74×
27	Kentucky	$42,790	90.2	690	0.84×
28	Ohio	$41,920	92.8	810	0.36×
29	Iowa	$41,610	87.8	310	0.49×
30	North Carolina	$39,880	94.3	6,770	3.35×
31	Tennessee	$39,710	91.9	3,240	2.42×
32	Arkansas	$39,510	86.9	300	0.57×
33	Idaho	$39,480	95.5	250	0.71×
34	South Carolina	$39,460	93.7	2,000	2.12×
35	Georgia	$39,030	96.3	3,160	1.58×
36	Pennsylvania	$38,880	97.6	1,000	0.40×
37	Florida	$38,670	103.4	5,810	1.43×
38	Louisiana	$38,570	88.2	3,190	4.03×
39	Vermont	$37,910	98.0	130	1.08×
40	Delaware	$36,560	99.8	60	0.29×
41	Alabama	$36,490	88.8	2,630	3.04×
42	Montana	$36,400	94.6	40	0.18×
43	Indiana	$36,200	93.3	1,180	0.90×
44	Mississippi	$35,680	87.0	930	1.96×
45	South Dakota	$35,620	88.6	300	1.62×
46	New Hampshire	$34,670	104.2	130	0.46×
47	West Virginia	$33,680	89.5	210	0.74×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where helpers--electricians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for helpers--electricians

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$76,100	111.1	350	0.41×
2	St. Louis, MO-IL	$64,560	95.1	110	0.21×
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$61,260	115.6	550	0.57×
4	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$52,690	105.4	430	0.88×
5	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$51,030	111.9	330	0.52×
6	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$50,880	100.9	60	0.44×
7	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$50,160	108.8	50	0.65×
8	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$50,160	105.1	—	—
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$49,960	113.6	790	0.31×
10	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$49,620	99.8	30	0.50×
11	Madison, WI	$49,160	97.3	180	1.05×
12	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$48,720	92.9	80	2.13×
13	Albuquerque, NM	$48,570	95.5	200	1.18×
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,340	108.3	490	0.44×
15	Janesville-Beloit, WI	$48,110	93.7	100	3.55×
16	Midland, TX	$48,050	95.8	160	3.19×
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$47,800	112.6	4,660	1.20×
18	New Haven, CT	$47,730	104.6	30	0.28×
19	Green Bay, WI	$47,670	93.1	80	1.16×
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$47,470	108.9	1,320	1.03×
21	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$46,920	94.7	150	7.80×
22	Oklahoma City, OK	$46,780	90.4	430	1.55×
23	Tulsa, OK	$46,770	89.2	710	3.77×
24	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$46,580	103.3	930	0.95×
25	Portland-South Portland, ME	$46,530	101.9	460	3.89×
26	Wichita, KS	$46,490	88.9	140	1.13×
27	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$46,240	96.3	1,330	2.95×
28	Farmington, NM	$46,220	87.7	30	1.55×
29	Fresno, CA	$46,140	102.2	90	0.47×
30	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$46,050	90.0	290	4.38×
31	Amarillo, TX	$45,870	91.8	70	1.36×
32	St. George, UT	$45,790	97.3	40	1.16×
33	Charlottesville, VA	$45,750	99.1	100	2.06×
34	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$45,660	92.7	60	0.39×
35	College Station-Bryan, TX	$45,440	91.0	80	1.52×
36	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$45,170	95.8	120	0.57×
37	Salem, OR	$45,170	103.6	60	0.76×
38	Kansas City, MO-KS	$45,160	92.5	240	0.54×
39	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$45,140	106.9	100	0.62×
40	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$44,950	103.2	50	0.47×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where helpers--electricians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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