Skilled Wages

Trade pay in the 50 biggest construction markets

Metro-level wages from the BLS employer survey, with the county union scale and the jobs trend.

#Metro areaElectrician median $/hrElectriciansConstruction jobs12-mo change
1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$37.9936,550383.5k-1.0%
2Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$35.4920,610251.5k0.0%
3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$28.4519,730269.3k+5.4%
4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$28.3720,930274.6k+2.8%
5Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$29.4317,240183.9k+3.3%
6Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$49.2117,720195.6k+1.5%
7Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$36.5016,580172.2k-1.4%
8Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$28.1912,990159.2k-0.7%
9Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$28.2013,430154.7k-2.3%
10Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$38.4213,410124.4k+2.0%
11Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$35.8610,090128.5k-0.2%
12San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$44.639,060114.6k-3.0%
13Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48.939,750124.4k+1.1%
14Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$35.007,880105.7k-3.6%
15Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$30.3610,450115.1k+3.0%
16Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$27.627,17099.5k+2.2%
17Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$39.378,810107.3k+7.6%
18Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$24.436,97092.5k+0.1%
19San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$36.628,06086.9k-1.9%
20Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$29.037,34098.1k+4.5%
21Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$39.4211,21092.9k-1.4%
22Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$34.085,73082.7k+2.6%
23Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$31.546,93086.4k+3.1%
24Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$35.986,34073.4k-3.0%
25St. Louis, MO-IL$37.105,92091.0k+13.3%
26Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$28.415,25089.5k+6.7%
27San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$27.416,66070.3k+2.0%
28Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$50.537,34078.3k-0.8%
29Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$31.315,39075.5k+5.4%
30Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$30.456,22067.8k+0.1%
31Kansas City, MO-KS$36.955,40068.8k+5.0%
32Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$30.115,71064.0k+4.6%
33Pittsburgh, PA$33.345,21058.0k-5.5%
34Columbus, OH$31.117,21073.1k+17.1%
35Jacksonville, FL$28.024,99053.9k+0.6%
36San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$43.775,48057.7k+7.4%
37Raleigh-Cary, NC$27.313,74057.7k+6.9%
38Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$30.535,64057.7k+3.0%
39Baton Rouge, LA$31.413,32058.7k+26.5%
40Richmond, VA$29.503,60046.7k-0.6%
41Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$27.852,14040.5k-0.5%
42Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$29.985,74042.5k-0.9%
43Boise City, ID$29.622,51040.7k+3.8%
44Cleveland, OH$34.074,42044.5k+0.5%
45Omaha, NE-IA$30.023,53038.8k+9.6%
46Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$37.414,49041.5k+3.2%
47Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$30.024,34035.5k-2.7%
48North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$24.971,62033.4k+0.6%
49Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$29.262,08033.2k+3.8%
50Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$29.922,88032.4k0.0%

The 50 largest metro areas by construction employment (BLS QCEW). Electrician median wage shown as a benchmark; each metro page lists every trade.