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.
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?
| Area | Wage ratio | Median | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 1.29 | $64,560 | 0.21 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 1.08 | $38,650 | 0.62 |
| Mayaguez, PR | 1.08 | $27,190 | 5.29 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 1.07 | $50,880 | 0.44 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1.05 | $76,100 | 0.41 |
| Amarillo, TX | 1.03 | $45,870 | 1.36 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 1.02 | $50,160 | Not published by BLS |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 1.02 | $45,440 | 1.52 |
| St. George, UT | 1.01 | $45,790 | 1.16 |
| Lawton, OK | 1.01 | $42,580 | 2.17 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 1.01 | $48,570 | 1.18 |
| Hammond, LA | 1.01 | $38,830 | 2.86 |
| Farmington, NM | 1.01 | $46,220 | 1.55 |
| Laredo, TX | 1.01 | $37,550 | 0.84 |
| Ponce, PR | 1.00 | $27,050 | 4.36 |
| Tulsa, OK | 1.00 | $46,770 | 3.77 |
| Janesville-Beloit, WI | 0.99 | $48,110 | 3.55 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 0.99 | $46,780 | 1.55 |
| Longview, TX | 0.99 | $44,710 | 1.03 |
| Valdosta, GA | 0.99 | $38,670 | 4.43 |
| Fresno, CA | 0.98 | $46,140 | 0.47 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 0.98 | $37,170 | 2.38 |
| Wichita, KS | 0.98 | $46,490 | 1.13 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 0.97 | $44,040 | 2.05 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 0.97 | $50,160 | 0.65 |
| Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 0.97 | $41,430 | 5.04 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 0.96 | $49,620 | 0.5 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 0.96 | $43,580 | 2.66 |
| Green Bay, WI | 0.95 | $47,670 | 1.16 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 0.95 | $43,120 | 3.08 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 0.95 | $46,920 | 7.8 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 0.95 | $46,050 | 4.38 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 0.95 | $44,150 | 0.78 |
| Monroe, LA | 0.95 | $36,090 | 5.39 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 0.94 | $36,160 | 3.95 |
| Dothan, AL | 0.94 | $35,740 | 2.86 |
| Bangor, ME | 0.93 | $44,510 | 3.99 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 0.93 | $44,800 | 0.93 |
| Gainesville, GA | 0.92 | $42,320 | 1.41 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 0.92 | $46,240 | 2.95 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 0.92 | $42,670 | 3.76 |
| Waco, TX | 0.92 | $42,120 | 0.92 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 0.91 | $44,530 | 6.58 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 0.91 | $45,660 | 0.39 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 0.91 | $43,400 | 2.03 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 0.91 | $36,660 | 2.99 |
| Dalton, GA | 0.91 | $38,440 | 1.36 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 0.91 | $44,630 | 2.39 |
| Sumter, SC | 0.91 | $38,930 | 2.18 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 0.91 | $44,840 | 1.35 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 0.91 | $46,580 | 0.95 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 0.90 | $43,010 | 0.34 |
| Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 0.90 | $37,890 | 1.81 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 0.90 | $39,480 | 2.64 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 0.90 | $48,720 | 2.13 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 0.90 | $44,530 | 1.43 |
| Florence, SC | 0.90 | $39,000 | 1.48 |
| Decatur, AL | 0.90 | $41,430 | 3.84 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 0.89 | $49,960 | 0.31 |
| Lafayette, LA | 0.89 | $37,340 | 2.43 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | 0.89 | $26,310 | 4.51 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 0.89 | $39,960 | 1.96 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 0.89 | $45,170 | 0.57 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 0.89 | $32,430 | 1.32 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 0.89 | $45,160 | 0.54 |
| Goldsboro, NC | 0.89 | $36,030 | 2.78 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 0.88 | $36,410 | 1.48 |
| Aguadilla, PR | 0.88 | $23,390 | 3.15 |
| Reno, NV | 0.88 | $43,820 | 0.43 |
| Midland, TX | 0.88 | $48,050 | 3.19 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 0.88 | $43,770 | 0.29 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 0.88 | $38,500 | 2.61 |
| Rochester, NY | 0.88 | $44,860 | 0.64 |
| Topeka, KS | 0.88 | $43,360 | 1.8 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 0.87 | $38,020 | 2.45 |
| Columbus, OH | 0.87 | $44,670 | 0.5 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 0.87 | $51,030 | 0.52 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 0.87 | $52,690 | 0.88 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 0.87 | $40,130 | 0.35 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 0.86 | $40,660 | 1.08 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 0.86 | $44,490 | 1.33 |
| Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 0.86 | $38,940 | 2.31 |
| El Paso, TX | 0.86 | $34,140 | 1.04 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 0.86 | $34,310 | 6.3 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 0.86 | $37,830 | 5.29 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 0.86 | $44,720 | 3.41 |
| commercial-vehicle manufacturers-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 0.86 | $44,750 | 0.28 |
| Jackson, TN | 0.86 | $38,480 | 2.81 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 0.86 | $39,640 | 1.49 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 0.86 | $43,750 | 0.72 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 0.85 | $42,670 | 2.69 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 0.85 | $39,050 | 0.51 |
| Greenville, NC | 0.85 | $39,700 | 7.32 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 0.85 | $39,730 | 0.94 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 0.85 | $40,300 | 1.3 |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 0.85 | $38,310 | 2.33 |
| Madison, WI | 0.85 | $49,160 | 1.05 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 0.85 | $42,430 | 0.43 |
| Richmond, VA | 0.85 | $43,510 | 1.53 |
| Asheville, NC | 0.84 | $39,590 | 4.62 |
| Johnson City, TN | 0.84 | $36,720 | 1.94 |
| Abilene, TX | 0.84 | $37,440 | 1.16 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 0.84 | $39,480 | 2.3 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 0.84 | $37,990 | 2.54 |
| Jackson, MS | 0.84 | $35,980 | 2.17 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 0.84 | $37,630 | 2.93 |
| Ocala, FL | 0.84 | $36,840 | 1.88 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 0.84 | $38,870 | 1.96 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 0.84 | $38,130 | 3.08 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 0.83 | $39,560 | 1.78 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 0.83 | $37,440 | 1.5 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 0.83 | $39,360 | 2.99 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 0.83 | $39,470 | 2.24 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 0.83 | $37,930 | 5.03 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 0.83 | $45,750 | 2.06 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 0.83 | $40,310 | 0.85 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 0.82 | $61,260 | 0.57 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 0.82 | $38,380 | 2.56 |
| Wilmington, NC | 0.82 | $37,720 | 4.08 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 0.82 | $38,420 | 1.85 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 0.82 | $37,910 | 3.19 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 0.82 | $37,680 | 2.75 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 0.82 | $37,580 | 2.11 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 0.82 | $46,530 | 3.89 |
| Salem, OR | 0.82 | $45,170 | 0.76 |
| Roanoke, VA | 0.82 | $38,470 | 1.71 |
| Yuma, AZ | 0.82 | $36,010 | 1.12 |
| Knoxville, TN | 0.81 | $38,250 | 2.11 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 0.81 | $39,510 | 1.01 |
| Columbia, SC | 0.81 | $37,670 | 1.68 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 0.81 | $37,390 | 1.44 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 0.81 | $38,570 | 1.58 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 0.81 | $37,740 | 1.47 |
| Mobile, AL | 0.81 | $38,000 | 5.68 |
| Evansville, IN | 0.80 | $37,310 | 0.64 |
| Montgomery, AL | 0.80 | $35,920 | 3.26 |
| Burlington, NC | 0.80 | $35,140 | 5.42 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 0.80 | $36,820 | 2.27 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 0.80 | $35,970 | 2.49 |
| Appleton, WI | 0.80 | $39,680 | 3.13 |
| New Haven, CT | 0.79 | $47,730 | 0.28 |
| Savannah, GA | 0.79 | $37,330 | 2.1 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 0.79 | $40,220 | 1.38 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 0.78 | $43,250 | Not published by BLS |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 0.78 | $38,360 | 1.67 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 0.78 | $38,270 | 1.31 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 0.78 | $36,440 | 3.19 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 0.78 | $47,800 | 1.2 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 0.78 | $36,130 | 1.41 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 0.78 | $37,870 | 2 |
| Tucson, AZ | 0.78 | $37,030 | 0.59 |
| Birmingham, AL | 0.77 | $36,880 | 2.89 |
| Tyler, TX | 0.77 | $32,740 | 0.92 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 0.76 | $44,890 | 0.77 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 0.76 | $32,990 | 2.96 |
| Rapid City, SD | 0.76 | $35,000 | 1.81 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 0.75 | $37,450 | 0.36 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 0.75 | $40,440 | 0.12 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 0.75 | $37,340 | 0.25 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 0.74 | $35,620 | 1.23 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 0.74 | $33,680 | 4.49 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 0.73 | $45,140 | 0.62 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 0.73 | $36,210 | 1.26 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 0.73 | $34,900 | 1.03 |
| Reading, PA | 0.73 | $35,930 | 0.45 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 0.73 | $48,340 | 0.44 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 0.72 | $43,920 | 1.96 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 0.72 | $39,550 | 0.03 |
| Worcester, MA | 0.72 | $41,580 | 0.34 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 0.71 | $42,770 | 0.33 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 0.71 | $38,640 | 0.49 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 0.71 | $44,950 | 0.47 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 0.69 | $33,620 | 0.56 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 0.67 | $47,470 | 1.03 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 0.66 | $38,740 | 0.29 |
| Lexington Park, MD | 0.64 | $40,680 | 1.09 |
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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