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Electricians in Connecticut: what they earn

Electricians in Connecticut earned a median $77,540 a year in May 2025, $37.28 an hour. 7,710 people held the job, 4.5 for every 1,000 jobs in the state. That median is 23% above the national figure of $63,190, and Connecticut ranks 10 of 51 by pay for this trade.

Median annual
$77,540
$37.28 an hour
Rank by pay
#10
of 51 states and DC
Employed in CT
7,710
4.5 per 1,000 jobs
Location quotient
0.93
1.00 = national concentration

The full wage spread in Connecticut

PointHourlyAnnualMeaning
10th percentile$22.92$47,680A tenth of the workforce earns less than this.
25th percentile$27.91$58,060A quarter earn less.
Median$37.28$77,540Half earn less, half earn more.
75th percentile$45.71$95,070A quarter earn more.
90th percentile$50.13$104,280A tenth earn more than this.
Mean$37.21$77,390The average. Pulled up by the top earners.

Annual figures are the hourly rate times 2,080 hours, BLS's full-time year. Overtime is inside the survey's earnings but not separated out.

Connecticut against its neighbors on the pay ladder

#StateMedian annualEmployed
7 District of Columbia $78,970 2,440
8 New York $78,750 40,130
9 Minnesota $78,160 14,350
10 Connecticut $77,540 7,710
11 New Jersey $77,250 13,520
12 Montana $76,760 2,750
13 Wisconsin $76,540 14,310

The complete ranking is on the Electricians page.

Against the national figure

ConnecticutUnited States
Median annual$77,540$63,190
Median hourly$37.28$30.38
10th percentile, annual$47,680$42,640
90th percentile, annual$104,280$108,510
Employed7,710757,220

Other trades in Connecticut

Plumbers and pipefitters ($77,280) · HVAC technicians ($76,610) · Welders ($64,880) · Truck drivers (CDL) ($60,490)

See all five ranked by pay in Connecticut.

Licensing requirements, apprenticeship pay and the time it takes to reach journeyman in Connecticut are being collected from the state authority and will appear here once sourced and cited. Numbers on this page are the May 2025 BLS estimates; see how the numbers are built.