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Electrician Career Market Report 2026

1,468 active jobs. 343 companies. Median salary $74K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,468
Active Job Openings
343
Companies Hiring
$74K
Median Salary (US)
50%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Electrician market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 50% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $74K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $52K to $104K.

Electrical is the most-demanded skill at 45%

Renewable Energy demand rose +10.1pp — fastest-growing skill

ladder leads hiring with 200 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$38K, +68%)

Salary increase: +$38K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Mid-Level46$83K$94K$104K
Junior13$40K$56K$64K
Senior11$50K$58K$75K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$38K (68%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States150$75KUSD
Canada4$94KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site6.7%
Remote1.8%
Hybrid2.0%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Electrical
45%
PLC Programming
18%
Renewable Energy
10%
HVAC
8%
Plumbing
7%
Electrical Wiring
7%
AI/LLM
5%
Project Management
5%
Welding
4%
Robotics
4%
SCADA
3%

Skills on the Rise

Renewable Energy ↑+10.1ppElectrical ↑+9.5ppAI/LLM ↑+5.4ppSCADA ↑+3.2pp

Declining in Demand

Sustainability ↓-13.0ppOSHA ↓-10.0ppCustomer Service ↓-7.8ppExcel ↓-7.0ppJournalism ↓-6.8pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
ladder20013.6%
lanevalenteindustries1178.0%
Knight Electric352.4%
Knobelsdorffenterprises322.2%
Sila292.0%
Loenbro251.7%
sst241.6%
Jci221.5%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States585
Canada67
United Kingdom36
Australia31
India15
United Arab Emirates7
Iraq5
Remote5

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree73.2%541
Master's Degree14.5%107
Bachelor's Degree1.9%14
High School / GED0.4%3

Certifications

OSHA Certified (6%)CDL (2%)

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