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Electricians in New Hampshire: what they earn

Electricians in New Hampshire earned a median $62,840 a year in May 2025, $30.21 an hour. 3,330 people held the job, 4.9 for every 1,000 jobs in the state. That median is 1% below the national figure of $63,190, and New Hampshire ranks 32 of 51 by pay for this trade.

Median annual
$62,840
$30.21 an hour
Rank by pay
#32
of 51 states and DC
Employed in NH
3,330
4.9 per 1,000 jobs
Location quotient
1.00
1.00 = national concentration

The full wage spread in New Hampshire

PointHourlyAnnualMeaning
10th percentile$20.76$43,190A tenth of the workforce earns less than this.
25th percentile$23.28$48,420A quarter earn less.
Median$30.21$62,840Half earn less, half earn more.
75th percentile$37.68$78,370A quarter earn more.
90th percentile$44.16$91,850A tenth earn more than this.
Mean$31.63$65,780The 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.

New Hampshire against its neighbors on the pay ladder

#StateMedian annualEmployed
29 Vermont $63,430 1,270
30 Idaho $63,000 5,690
31 Virginia $62,900 23,630
32 New Hampshire $62,840 3,330
33 Colorado $62,230 17,010
34 Utah $62,000 11,450
35 Louisiana $61,540 10,550

The complete ranking is on the Electricians page.

Against the national figure

New HampshireUnited States
Median annual$62,840$63,190
Median hourly$30.21$30.38
10th percentile, annual$43,190$42,640
90th percentile, annual$91,850$108,510
Employed3,330757,220

Other trades in New Hampshire

Plumbers and pipefitters ($66,810) · HVAC technicians ($73,850) · Welders ($62,360) · Truck drivers (CDL) ($60,280)

See all five ranked by pay in New Hampshire.

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