Trades Pay-scale comparison

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I found this trades pay scale comparison from Payscale.com. To me these numbers seem low at least for an electrician. But they are showing the median average pay rate across all 50 states I believe..

Median National Salary by trade​

ENTRY LEVEL

ENTRY LEVEL​	ANNUAL​	HOURLY​
Plumbers	$49,100	$23.61
Electricians	$53,600	$25.77
HVAC	$52,000	$25.00

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

INTERMEDIATE​	ANNUAL​	HOURLY​
Plumbers	$59,500	$28.61
Electricians	$63,400	$30.48
HVAC	$59,600	$28.65

SENIOR LEVEL

SENIOR​	ANNUAL​	HOURLY​
Plumbers	$64,000	$30.77
Electricians	$70,700	$33.99
HVAC	$68,100	$32.74

SUPERVISOR LEVEL

SENIOR​	ANNUAL​	HOURLY​
Plumbers	NA	NA
Electricians	$100,500	$48.32
HVAC	$88,600	$42.60

 

[infinity]

For a place like New York City those numbers are very low. I would think that Chicago, LA, St Louis, etc. would also have higher pay rates.

 

[Rick 0920]

I would say these numbers are pretty accurate for open shops/merit shops in Florida.

 

[petersonra]

It's hard to know what you're actually looking at here. Industrial, construction, and union electricians tend to make more money than guys that are doing cable TV and Romex out in the sticks.

 

[AC\DC]

double those rates in oregon, if you want to keep someone. That was the rate 18 years ago when I turned out.

 

[nizak]

It's hard to know what you're actually looking at here. Industrial, construction, and union electricians tend to make more money than guys that are doing cable TV and Romex out in the

double those rates in oregon, if you want to keep someone. That was the rate 18 years

 

[nizak]

Entry level at $25.77/hr vs Senior at $33.99/hr??

To me the entry level figure us skewed.

Seems high for entry level.

 

[James L]

You'll go broke around here trying to pay $25 for a newbie.

 

[hillbilly1]

Pretty hard to come up with an average pay, lots of variables. Big city vs rural vs Union vs non union. Areas that pay a lot, usually have very high cost of living, so it equals out in the end with the lower payscale areas.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

For a place like New York City those numbers are very low. I would think that Chicago, LA, St Louis, etc. would also have higher pay rates.

Yep...just the benefits in the Chicago area total more than the hourly wage for electricians in all of the categories except supervisor.

 

[Dsg319]

i would think an apprentice starting out to be about 45% of journeymen rate.

 

[junkhound]

For techs looking to get BSEE or BSME degrees, rate in Seattle area are 2x for entry level to 2.5 to 3X for senior advanced levels.

 

[letgomywago]

The day I passed my jman test I was at 25ph but houses were half the price they are now. Now thats close to apprentice pay becuase if you don't offer them that they will find someone who will.