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Electrical Apprentice: metro pay ranking

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Skilled Trades Headhunters compares published medians for SOC 47-3013 Helpers--Electricians, not estimated offers for this particular title.

Which metros publish the highest and lowest medians?

This ranking uses the May 2025 annual median for Helpers--Electricians. It is not adjusted for living costs. A metro is a BLS statistical area, not just the city limits. Top-coded or suppressed medians are not ranked.

Highest and lowest published metro medians
MetroMedianEmploymentLocation quotientTrade median / all-occupations median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$76,1003500.411.05
St. Louis, MO-IL$64,5601100.211.29
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$61,2605500.570.82
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$52,6904300.880.87
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$51,0303300.520.87
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$50,880600.441.07
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$50,160500.650.97
Stockton-Lodi, CA$50,160Not published by BLSNot published by BLS1.02
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$49,9607900.310.89
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$49,620300.50.96
Madison, WI$49,1601801.050.85
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$48,720802.130.90
Albuquerque, NM$48,5702001.181.01
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$48,3404900.440.73
Janesville-Beloit, WI$48,1101003.550.99
Midland, TX$48,0501603.190.88
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$47,8004,6601.20.78
New Haven, CT$47,730300.280.79
Green Bay, WI$47,670801.160.95
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$47,4701,3201.030.67
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$46,9201507.80.95
Oklahoma City, OK$46,7804301.550.99
Tulsa, OK$46,7707103.771.00
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$46,5809300.950.91
Portland-South Portland, ME$46,5304603.890.82
Wichita, KS$46,4901401.130.98
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,2401,3302.950.92
Farmington, NM$46,220301.551.01
Fresno, CA$46,140900.470.98
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$46,0502904.380.95
Amarillo, TX$45,870701.361.03
St. George, UT$45,790401.161.01
Charlottesville, VA$45,7501002.060.83
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$45,660600.390.91
College Station-Bryan, TX$45,440801.521.02
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$45,1701200.570.89
Salem, OR$45,170600.760.82
Kansas City, MO-KS$45,1602400.540.89
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$45,1401000.620.73
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$44,950500.470.71
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$44,8904300.770.76
Rochester, NY$44,8601300.640.88
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$44,8401,8101.350.91
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$44,8002600.930.93
commercial-vehicle manufacturers-Warren-Dearborn, MI$44,7502200.280.86
Raleigh-Cary, NC$44,7201,0403.410.86
Longview, TX$44,710501.030.99
Columbus, OH$44,6702200.50.87
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$44,6303902.390.91
Baton Rouge, LA$44,5301,1006.580.91
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$44,5304501.430.90
Bangor, ME$44,5101203.990.93
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$44,4902,2001.330.86
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$44,1503700.780.95
Corpus Christi, TX$44,0401602.050.97
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$43,9202801.960.72
Reno, NV$43,820500.430.88
Pittsburgh, PA$43,7701300.290.88
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$43,7502400.720.86
Punta Gorda, FL$43,580602.660.96
Richmond, VA$43,5104101.530.85
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$43,4001402.030.91
Topeka, KS$43,360901.80.88
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$43,250Not published by BLSNot published by BLS0.78
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$43,1201503.080.95
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$43,010800.340.90
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$42,770800.330.71
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$42,6701,5002.690.85
Greensboro-High Point, NC$42,6705603.760.92
Lawton, OK$42,580402.171.01
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$42,4302000.430.85
Gainesville, GA$42,320601.410.92
Waco, TX$42,120500.920.92
Worcester, MA$41,580500.340.72
Decatur, AL$41,4301003.840.90
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$41,430905.040.97
Lexington Park, MD$40,680301.090.64
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$40,6605001.080.86
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$40,440400.120.75
Lexington-Fayette, KY$40,3101000.850.83
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$40,300601.30.85
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$40,2201,6301.380.79
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$40,130400.350.87
Clarksville, TN-KY$39,960801.960.89
Killeen-Temple, TX$39,730600.940.85
Greenville, NC$39,7002407.320.85
Appleton, WI$39,6801603.130.80
Lynchburg, VA$39,640601.490.86
Asheville, NC$39,5903404.620.84
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$39,5602501.780.83
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$39,550600.030.72
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$39,5101,1601.010.81
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$39,4802902.30.84
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$39,4801102.640.90
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$39,4701102.240.83
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$39,3605502.990.83
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$39,050700.510.85
Florence, SC$39,000501.480.90
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$38,940902.310.86
Sumter, SC$38,930302.180.91
Port St. Lucie, FL$38,8701401.960.84
Hammond, LA$38,830602.861.01
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$38,740500.290.66
Valdosta, GA$38,6701004.430.99
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$38,650800.621.08
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$38,6405800.490.71
Spartanburg, SC$38,5701101.580.81
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$38,500902.610.88
Jackson, TN$38,4801002.810.86
Roanoke, VA$38,4701101.710.82
Dalton, GA$38,440401.360.91
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$38,4204601.850.82
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$38,3804502.560.82
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$38,3601701.670.78
Macon-Bibb County, GA$38,310902.330.85
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$38,2707701.310.78
Knoxville, TN$38,2503702.110.81
Fayetteville, NC$38,1301703.080.84
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$38,0201602.450.87
Mobile, AL$38,0004005.680.81
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$37,9901602.540.84
Lake Charles, LA$37,9302105.030.83
Winston-Salem, NC$37,9103603.190.82
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$37,890301.810.90
Jacksonville, FL$37,87063020.78
Rocky Mount, NC$37,8301205.290.86
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,7408501.470.81
Wilmington, NC$37,7203204.080.82
Harrisonburg, VA$37,680702.750.82
Columbia, SC$37,6702701.680.81
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$37,6302002.930.84
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$37,5802002.110.82
Laredo, TX$37,550400.841.01
Omaha, NE-IA$37,450700.360.75
Abilene, TX$37,440401.160.84
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$37,4401301.50.83
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$37,3901601.440.81
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$37,340300.250.75
Lafayette, LA$37,3401802.430.89
Savannah, GA$37,3301702.10.79
Evansville, IN$37,310400.640.80
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$37,1701402.380.98
Tucson, AZ$37,030900.590.78
Birmingham, AL$36,8806102.890.77
Ocala, FL$36,840901.880.84
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$36,8201802.270.80
Johnson City, TN$36,720601.940.84
Jacksonville, NC$36,660602.990.91
Chattanooga, TN-GA$36,4403503.190.78
Athens-Clarke County, GA$36,410601.480.88
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,2105701.260.73
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$36,1601403.950.94
Tallahassee, FL$36,1301101.410.78
Monroe, LA$36,0901905.390.95
Goldsboro, NC$36,030502.780.89
Yuma, AZ$36,010301.120.82
Jackson, MS$35,9802402.170.84
Tuscaloosa, AL$35,9701102.490.80
Reading, PA$35,930300.450.73
Montgomery, AL$35,9202203.260.80
Dothan, AL$35,740702.860.94
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$35,620901.230.74
Burlington, NC$35,1401505.420.80
Rapid City, SD$35,000501.810.76
Fort Wayne, IN$34,9001001.030.73
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$34,3101406.30.86
El Paso, TX$34,1401401.040.86
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$33,6801504.490.74
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$33,620900.560.69
Columbus, GA-AL$32,9901402.960.76
Tyler, TX$32,740400.920.77
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$32,430801.320.89
Mayaguez, PR$27,1901105.291.08
Ponce, PR$27,0501104.361.00
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$26,3101,2804.510.89
Aguadilla, PR$23,390603.150.88

The wage ratio is simple arithmetic: this occupation's median divided by the all-occupations median in the same area and unit. It is not a cost-of-living measure. Location quotient describes the concentration of employment, not relative pay. Neither predicts what a particular candidate will accept.

Where does this trade pay most relative to local wages?

Occupation median divided by the same area's all-occupations median
AreaWage ratioMedianLocation quotient
St. Louis, MO-IL1.29$64,5600.21
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX1.08$38,6500.62
Mayaguez, PR1.08$27,1905.29
Bakersfield-Delano, CA1.07$50,8800.44
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1.05$76,1000.41
Amarillo, TX1.03$45,8701.36
Stockton-Lodi, CA1.02$50,160Not published by BLS
College Station-Bryan, TX1.02$45,4401.52
St. George, UT1.01$45,7901.16
Lawton, OK1.01$42,5802.17
Albuquerque, NM1.01$48,5701.18
Hammond, LA1.01$38,8302.86
Farmington, NM1.01$46,2201.55
Laredo, TX1.01$37,5500.84
Ponce, PR1.00$27,0504.36
Tulsa, OK1.00$46,7703.77
Janesville-Beloit, WI0.99$48,1103.55
Oklahoma City, OK0.99$46,7801.55
Longview, TX0.99$44,7101.03
Valdosta, GA0.99$38,6704.43
Fresno, CA0.98$46,1400.47
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC0.98$37,1702.38
Wichita, KS0.98$46,4901.13
Corpus Christi, TX0.97$44,0402.05
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA0.97$50,1600.65
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC0.97$41,4305.04
Waterbury-Shelton, CT0.96$49,6200.5
Punta Gorda, FL0.96$43,5802.66
Green Bay, WI0.95$47,6701.16
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA0.95$43,1203.08
Lewiston-Auburn, ME0.95$46,9207.8
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX0.95$46,0504.38
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV0.95$44,1500.78
Monroe, LA0.95$36,0905.39
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL0.94$36,1603.95
Dothan, AL0.94$35,7402.86
Bangor, ME0.93$44,5103.99
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN0.93$44,8000.93
Gainesville, GA0.92$42,3201.41
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN0.92$46,2402.95
Greensboro-High Point, NC0.92$42,6703.76
Waco, TX0.92$42,1200.92
Baton Rouge, LA0.91$44,5306.58
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH0.91$45,6600.39
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ0.91$43,4002.03
Jacksonville, NC0.91$36,6602.99
Dalton, GA0.91$38,4401.36
Charleston-North Charleston, SC0.91$44,6302.39
Sumter, SC0.91$38,9302.18
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX0.91$44,8401.35
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ0.91$46,5800.95
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI0.90$43,0100.34
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA0.90$37,8901.81
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA0.90$39,4802.64
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI0.90$48,7202.13
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC0.90$44,5301.43
Florence, SC0.90$39,0001.48
Decatur, AL0.90$41,4303.84
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA0.89$49,9600.31
Lafayette, LA0.89$37,3402.43
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR0.89$26,3104.51
Clarksville, TN-KY0.89$39,9601.96
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY0.89$45,1700.57
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX0.89$32,4301.32
Kansas City, MO-KS0.89$45,1600.54
Goldsboro, NC0.89$36,0302.78
Athens-Clarke County, GA0.88$36,4101.48
Aguadilla, PR0.88$23,3903.15
Reno, NV0.88$43,8200.43
Midland, TX0.88$48,0503.19
Pittsburgh, PA0.88$43,7700.29
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC0.88$38,5002.61
Rochester, NY0.88$44,8600.64
Topeka, KS0.88$43,3601.8
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS0.87$38,0202.45
Columbus, OH0.87$44,6700.5
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA0.87$51,0300.52
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA0.87$52,6900.88
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA0.87$40,1300.35
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX0.86$40,6601.08
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX0.86$44,4901.33
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL0.86$38,9402.31
El Paso, TX0.86$34,1401.04
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL0.86$34,3106.3
Rocky Mount, NC0.86$37,8305.29
Raleigh-Cary, NC0.86$44,7203.41
commercial-vehicle manufacturers-Warren-Dearborn, MI0.86$44,7500.28
Jackson, TN0.86$38,4802.81
Lynchburg, VA0.86$39,6401.49
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI0.86$43,7500.72
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC0.85$42,6702.69
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR0.85$39,0500.51
Greenville, NC0.85$39,7007.32
Killeen-Temple, TX0.85$39,7300.94
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV0.85$40,3001.3
Macon-Bibb County, GA0.85$38,3102.33
Madison, WI0.85$49,1601.05
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN0.85$42,4300.43
Richmond, VA0.85$43,5101.53
Asheville, NC0.84$39,5904.62
Johnson City, TN0.84$36,7201.94
Abilene, TX0.84$37,4401.16
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL0.84$39,4802.3
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC0.84$37,9902.54
Jackson, MS0.84$35,9802.17
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA0.84$37,6302.93
Ocala, FL0.84$36,8401.88
Port St. Lucie, FL0.84$38,8701.96
Fayetteville, NC0.84$38,1303.08
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL0.83$39,5601.78
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL0.83$37,4401.5
New Orleans-Metairie, LA0.83$39,3602.99
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL0.83$39,4702.24
Lake Charles, LA0.83$37,9305.03
Charlottesville, VA0.83$45,7502.06
Lexington-Fayette, KY0.83$40,3100.85
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA0.82$61,2600.57
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC0.82$38,3802.56
Wilmington, NC0.82$37,7204.08
Memphis, TN-MS-AR0.82$38,4201.85
Winston-Salem, NC0.82$37,9103.19
Harrisonburg, VA0.82$37,6802.75
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC0.82$37,5802.11
Portland-South Portland, ME0.82$46,5303.89
Salem, OR0.82$45,1700.76
Roanoke, VA0.82$38,4701.71
Yuma, AZ0.82$36,0101.12
Knoxville, TN0.81$38,2502.11
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL0.81$39,5101.01
Columbia, SC0.81$37,6701.68
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL0.81$37,3901.44
Spartanburg, SC0.81$38,5701.58
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL0.81$37,7401.47
Mobile, AL0.81$38,0005.68
Evansville, IN0.80$37,3100.64
Montgomery, AL0.80$35,9203.26
Burlington, NC0.80$35,1405.42
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL0.80$36,8202.27
Tuscaloosa, AL0.80$35,9702.49
Appleton, WI0.80$39,6803.13
New Haven, CT0.79$47,7300.28
Savannah, GA0.79$37,3302.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA0.79$40,2201.38
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT0.78$43,250Not published by BLS
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL0.78$38,3601.67
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL0.78$38,2701.31
Chattanooga, TN-GA0.78$36,4403.19
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ0.78$47,8001.2
Tallahassee, FL0.78$36,1301.41
Jacksonville, FL0.78$37,8702
Tucson, AZ0.78$37,0300.59
Birmingham, AL0.77$36,8802.89
Tyler, TX0.77$32,7400.92
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD0.76$44,8900.77
Columbus, GA-AL0.76$32,9902.96
Rapid City, SD0.76$35,0001.81
Omaha, NE-IA0.75$37,4500.36
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA0.75$40,4400.12
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA0.75$37,3400.25
Sioux Falls, SD-MN0.74$35,6201.23
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA0.74$33,6804.49
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT0.73$45,1400.62
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN0.73$36,2101.26
Fort Wayne, IN0.73$34,9001.03
Reading, PA0.73$35,9300.45
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH0.73$48,3400.44
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC0.72$43,9201.96
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN0.72$39,5500.03
Worcester, MA0.72$41,5800.34
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT0.71$42,7700.33
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD0.71$38,6400.49
Trenton-Princeton, NJ0.71$44,9500.47
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ0.69$33,6200.56
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV0.67$47,4701.03
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY0.66$38,7400.29
Lexington Park, MD0.64$40,6801.09

Closest proxy Our title "Electrical Apprentice" is reported by BLS as SOC 47-3013 Helpers--Electricians. Closest proxy: Helpers--Electricians. This published occupation covers only part of Electrical Apprentice; do not treat it as a quoted range for the complete role.

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