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Electricians in Kansas: what they earn

Electricians in Kansas earned a median $65,860 a year in May 2025, $31.66 an hour. 6,350 people held the job, 4.4 for every 1,000 jobs in the state. That median is 4% above the national figure of $63,190, and Kansas ranks 23 of 51 by pay for this trade.

Median annual
$65,860
$31.66 an hour
Rank by pay
#23
of 51 states and DC
Employed in KS
6,350
4.4 per 1,000 jobs
Location quotient
0.91
1.00 = national concentration

The full wage spread in Kansas

PointHourlyAnnualMeaning
10th percentile$20.51$42,660A tenth of the workforce earns less than this.
25th percentile$24.67$51,320A quarter earn less.
Median$31.66$65,860Half earn less, half earn more.
75th percentile$38.73$80,560A quarter earn more.
90th percentile$46.55$96,830A tenth earn more than this.
Mean$33.27$69,200The 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.

Kansas against its neighbors on the pay ladder

#StateMedian annualEmployed
20 Maryland $73,490 13,690
21 Indiana $68,490 19,020
22 Pennsylvania $67,600 22,730
23 Kansas $65,860 6,350
24 North Dakota $65,710 3,570
25 Missouri $65,410 12,780
26 West Virginia $64,810 4,290

The complete ranking is on the Electricians page.

Against the national figure

KansasUnited States
Median annual$65,860$63,190
Median hourly$31.66$30.38
10th percentile, annual$42,660$42,640
90th percentile, annual$96,830$108,510
Employed6,350757,220

Other trades in Kansas

Plumbers and pipefitters ($65,220) · HVAC technicians ($60,460) · Welders ($49,410) · Truck drivers (CDL) ($58,920)

See all five ranked by pay in Kansas.

Licensing requirements, apprenticeship pay and the time it takes to reach journeyman in Kansas 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.