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$37.9936,550383.7k-1.6%
2Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$35.4920,610252.6k-0.7%
3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$28.4519,730269.0k+5.5%
4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$28.3720,930276.2k+3.0%
5Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$29.4317,240185.6k+3.8%
6Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$49.2117,720199.7k+3.0%
7Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$36.5016,580172.3k-1.8%
8Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$28.1912,990159.7k-0.3%
9Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$28.2013,430154.9k-2.1%
10Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$38.4213,410126.0k+2.0%
11Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$35.8610,090128.3k-1.0%
12San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$44.639,060116.0k-2.5%
13Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48.939,750124.0k-0.2%
14Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$35.007,880107.2k-4.1%
15Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$30.3610,450114.2k+1.2%
16Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$27.627,17099.6k+1.6%
17Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$39.378,810108.3k+6.7%
18Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$24.436,97091.9k-1.2%
19San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$36.628,06086.6k-3.6%
20Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$29.037,34098.5k+4.2%
21Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$39.4211,21093.9k-1.1%
22Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$34.085,73084.9k+4.3%
23Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$31.546,93085.8k+1.8%
24Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$35.986,34074.6k-3.1%
25St. Louis, MO-IL$37.105,92092.5k+13.8%
26Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$28.415,25090.9k+7.8%
27San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$27.416,66071.6k+2.9%
28Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$50.537,34077.5k-3.2%
29Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$31.315,39076.7k+7.0%
30Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$30.456,22065.6k-2.7%
31Kansas City, MO-KS$36.955,40069.2k+4.4%
32Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$30.115,71064.0k+4.6%
33Pittsburgh, PA$33.345,21058.3k-5.7%
34Columbus, OH$31.117,21072.8k+16.1%
35Jacksonville, FL$28.024,99054.1k+0.7%
36San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$43.775,48058.3k+7.8%
37Raleigh-Cary, NC$27.313,74058.4k+7.6%
38Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$30.535,64058.4k+4.3%
39Baton Rouge, LA$31.413,32059.1k+29.0%
40Richmond, VA$29.503,60047.0k-0.6%
41Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$27.852,14040.9k-0.7%
42Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$29.985,74041.8k-3.2%
43Boise City, ID$29.622,51041.4k+4.5%
44Cleveland, OH$34.074,42045.5k+1.8%
45Omaha, NE-IA$30.023,53038.6k+7.5%
46Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$37.414,49042.7k+5.2%
47Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$30.024,34036.0k-0.8%
48North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$24.971,62033.5k+0.3%
49Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$29.262,08033.0k+2.2%
50Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$29.922,88032.8k-0.9%

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