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Electricians in Nebraska: what they earn

Electricians in Nebraska earned a median $60,820 a year in May 2025, $29.24 an hour. 6,440 people held the job, 6.3 for every 1,000 jobs in the state. That median is 4% below the national figure of $63,190, and Nebraska ranks 42 of 51 by pay for this trade.

Median annual
$60,820
$29.24 an hour
Rank by pay
#42
of 51 states and DC
Employed in NE
6,440
6.3 per 1,000 jobs
Location quotient
1.29
1.00 = national concentration

The full wage spread in Nebraska

PointHourlyAnnualMeaning
10th percentile$19.42$40,400A tenth of the workforce earns less than this.
25th percentile$23.14$48,140A quarter earn less.
Median$29.24$60,820Half earn less, half earn more.
75th percentile$38.04$79,130A quarter earn more.
90th percentile$45.21$94,040A tenth earn more than this.
Mean$30.75$63,960The 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.

Nebraska against its neighbors on the pay ladder

#StateMedian annualEmployed
39 Oklahoma $61,010 8,500
40 Iowa $60,860 10,310
41 Mississippi $60,860 6,610
42 Nebraska $60,820 6,440
43 Kentucky $59,720 11,030
44 South Carolina $58,740 8,010
45 Texas $58,570 76,770

The complete ranking is on the Electricians page.

Against the national figure

NebraskaUnited States
Median annual$60,820$63,190
Median hourly$29.24$30.38
10th percentile, annual$40,400$42,640
90th percentile, annual$94,040$108,510
Employed6,440757,220

Other trades in Nebraska

Plumbers and pipefitters ($60,970) · HVAC technicians ($59,850) · Welders ($52,220) · Truck drivers (CDL) ($58,390)

See all five ranked by pay in Nebraska.

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