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Electricians in Missouri: what they earn

Electricians in Missouri earned a median $65,410 a year in May 2025, $31.45 an hour. 12,780 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 Missouri ranks 25 of 51 by pay for this trade.

Median annual
$65,410
$31.45 an hour
Rank by pay
#25
of 51 states and DC
Employed in MO
12,780
4.4 per 1,000 jobs
Location quotient
0.89
1.00 = national concentration

The full wage spread in Missouri

PointHourlyAnnualMeaning
10th percentile$21.09$43,860A tenth of the workforce earns less than this.
25th percentile$23.95$49,810A quarter earn less.
Median$31.45$65,410Half earn less, half earn more.
75th percentile$45.08$93,760A quarter earn more.
90th percentile$50.03$104,060A tenth earn more than this.
Mean$34.77$72,310The 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.

Missouri against its neighbors on the pay ladder

#StateMedian annualEmployed
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
27 Ohio $64,700 28,950
28 Delaware $63,700 2,260

The complete ranking is on the Electricians page.

Against the national figure

MissouriUnited States
Median annual$65,410$63,190
Median hourly$31.45$30.38
10th percentile, annual$43,860$42,640
90th percentile, annual$104,060$108,510
Employed12,780757,220

Other trades in Missouri

Plumbers and pipefitters ($66,790) · HVAC technicians ($59,950) · Welders ($51,950) · Truck drivers (CDL) ($54,550)

See all five ranked by pay in Missouri.

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