Helpers--Electricians · SOC 47-3013

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Helpers--Electricianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for helpers--electricians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 176 metro areas

Helpers--Electricians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$76,100	350	0.2
2	St. Louis, MO-IL	$64,560	110	0.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$61,260	550	0.2
4	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$52,690	430	0.4
5	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$51,030	330	0.2
6	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$50,880	60	0.2
7	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$50,160	50	0.3
8	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$50,160	Not published	Not published
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$49,960	790	0.1
10	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$49,620	30	0.2
11	Madison, WI	$49,160	180	0.4
12	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$48,720	80	0.9
13	Albuquerque, NM	$48,570	200	0.5
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,340	490	0.2
15	Janesville-Beloit, WI	$48,110	100	1.5
16	Midland, TX	$48,050	160	1.3
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$47,800	4,660	0.5
18	New Haven, CT	$47,730	30	0.1
19	Green Bay, WI	$47,670	80	0.5
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$47,470	1,320	0.4
21	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$46,920	150	3.2
22	Oklahoma City, OK	$46,780	430	0.6
23	Tulsa, OK	$46,770	710	1.5
24	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$46,580	930	0.4
25	Portland-South Portland, ME	$46,530	460	1.6

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Helpers--Electricians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.