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Helpers--Electricians · SOC 47-3013

Helpers--Electricians Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$47,470
Median hourly wage$22.82

Helpers--Electricians in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $47,470 per year ($22.82 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,150 at the 10th percentile to $59,080 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,320 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Helpers--Electricians in the Washington metro area earn more than $47,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,430 and $53,580.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$34,150$39,430$47,470$53,580$59,080
Hourly$16.42$18.96$22.82$25.76$28.40

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $47,470
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $48,300
  • United Statesnational
    $42,670

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −2% vs District of Columbia overall and +11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$23,390$40,960$58,530$76,100Aguadilla, PR — $23,390San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $26,310Ponce, PR — $27,050Mayaguez, PR — $27,190Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $32,430Tyler, TX — $32,740Columbus, GA-AL — $32,990Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $33,620Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $33,680El Paso, TX — $34,140Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $34,310Fort Wayne, IN — $34,900Rapid City, SD — $35,000Burlington, NC — $35,140Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $35,620Dothan, AL — $35,740Montgomery, AL — $35,920Reading, PA — $35,930Tuscaloosa, AL — $35,970Jackson, MS — $35,980Yuma, AZ — $36,010Goldsboro, NC — $36,030Monroe, LA — $36,090Tallahassee, FL — $36,130Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $36,160Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,210Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,410Chattanooga, TN-GA — $36,440Jacksonville, NC — $36,660Johnson City, TN — $36,720Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $36,820Ocala, FL — $36,840Birmingham, AL — $36,880Tucson, AZ — $37,030Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $37,170Evansville, IN — $37,310Savannah, GA — $37,330Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $37,340Lafayette, LA — $37,340Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,390Abilene, TX — $37,440Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $37,440Omaha, NE-IA — $37,450Laredo, TX — $37,550Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $37,580Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $37,630Columbia, SC — $37,670Harrisonburg, VA — $37,680Wilmington, NC — $37,720Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,740Rocky Mount, NC — $37,830Jacksonville, FL — $37,870Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $37,890Winston-Salem, NC — $37,910Lake Charles, LA — $37,930Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $37,990Mobile, AL — $38,000Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,020Fayetteville, NC — $38,130Knoxville, TN — $38,250Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,270Macon-Bibb County, GA — $38,310Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $38,360Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,380Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,420Dalton, GA — $38,440Roanoke, VA — $38,470Jackson, TN — $38,480Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $38,500Spartanburg, SC — $38,570Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $38,640McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $38,650Valdosta, GA — $38,670Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $38,740Hammond, LA — $38,830Port St. Lucie, FL — $38,870Sumter, SC — $38,930Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,940Florence, SC — $39,000Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $39,050New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $39,360Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $39,470Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $39,480Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $39,480Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $39,510Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $39,550North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $39,560Asheville, NC — $39,590Lynchburg, VA — $39,640Appleton, WI — $39,680Greenville, NC — $39,700Killeen-Temple, TX — $39,730Clarksville, TN-KY — $39,960Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $40,130Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $40,220Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $40,300Lexington-Fayette, KY — $40,310Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $40,440San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $40,660Lexington Park, MD — $40,680Decatur, AL — $41,430Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $41,430Worcester, MA — $41,580Waco, TX — $42,120Gainesville, GA — $42,320Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $42,430Lawton, OK — $42,580Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $42,670Greensboro-High Point, NC — $42,670Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $42,770Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $43,010Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $43,120Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $43,250Topeka, KS — $43,360Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $43,400Richmond, VA — $43,510Punta Gorda, FL — $43,580Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $43,750Pittsburgh, PA — $43,770Reno, NV — $43,820Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $43,920Corpus Christi, TX — $44,040Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $44,150Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $44,490Bangor, ME — $44,510Baton Rouge, LA — $44,530Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $44,530Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,630Columbus, OH — $44,670Longview, TX — $44,710Raleigh-Cary, NC — $44,720Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $44,750Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,800Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,840Rochester, NY — $44,860Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $44,890Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $44,950Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $45,140Kansas City, MO-KS — $45,160Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $45,170Salem, OR — $45,170College Station-Bryan, TX — $45,440Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,660Charlottesville, VA — $45,750St. George, UT — $45,790Amarillo, TX — $45,870Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,050Fresno, CA — $46,140Farmington, NM — $46,220Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,240Wichita, KS — $46,490Portland-South Portland, ME — $46,530Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,580Tulsa, OK — $46,770Oklahoma City, OK — $46,780Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $46,920Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $47,470Green Bay, WI — $47,670New Haven, CT — $47,730New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $47,800Midland, TX — $48,050Janesville-Beloit, WI — $48,110Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $48,340Albuquerque, NM — $48,570Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $48,720Madison, WI — $49,160Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $49,620Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $49,960Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $50,160Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,160Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $50,880San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $51,030Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $52,690San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $61,260St. Louis, MO-IL — $64,560Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $76,100

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 20th-highest published median for this occupation among the 176 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Construction Laborers$47,430Electricians$75,930First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$83,540Carpenters$60,800Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$71,860Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,660

Highest-paying metro areas for helpers--electricianss · Highest-paying occupations in Washington Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.