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Electrician Salary

Electrician salary is always been a great topic in the internet. Since you are interested in becoming an electrician, it's only right to investigate the ongoing rate, right?

But before you find out the ongoing rate, would it nice to find out "how you can maximize your income" if you know how?

Well it's NO great secret, but it seems most people tend to forget it. I call it, "what's IN IT for them?"...meaning the employer.

You see, you get paid in direct proportion of the value you offer to the company.

What is value anyway? Is your "skills" a value? Maybe to you but to a company...only if it can benefit them. So you see the more you offer (skills) at the table, the more valuable you become to the company - the more money you will make.

It is really important to learn everything you can about your trade. Eventually...it will pay off.

Salary of an Electrician

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median hourly wages of electricians were $22.32/hour. The middle 50 percent earned between $17.00 and $29.88. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $13.54, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $38.18/hour.

The industries employing the largest numbers of electricians were as follows (Median hourly wages):

  • Electric power generation, transmission and distribution $28.15
  • Local government 25.66
  • Nonresidential building construction 22.21
  • Building equipment contractors 21.72
  • Employment services 18.32

Electrician apprentices usually start at between 30 and 50 percent of the rate paid to fully trained electricians, depending on experience. As they become more skilled, they receive periodic pay increases throughout their training.

About 32 percent of all electricians are members of a union, especially the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.Among unions representing maintenance electricians are the:

  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  • the International Union of Electronic
  • Electrical Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
  • International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
  • The United Steelworkers of America

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