- The middle half earn between $32.11 and $50.75 an hour.
- Only 4 states pay electricians more at the median.
- Alaska pays less than both nearby states it is compared with.
- BLS counts about 1,870 electricians on payrolls in Alaska.
- At the state median wage, an electrical contracting business needs to bill about $146.10 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Electrician pay in Alaska, bottom to top
The BLS group covers electricians who install and repair wiring in homes, businesses and plants. Line workers on power lines are counted separately and are not included.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $28.09 | $58,420 | $20.50 |
| 25th percentile | $32.11 | $66,780 | $23.76 |
| Median | $43.00 | $89,440 | $30.38 |
| 75th percentile | $50.75 | $105,550 | $40.36 |
| 90th percentile | $59.23 | $123,200 | $52.17 |
| Average (mean) | $43.29 | $90,040 | $34.37 |
Pay is bunched up in Alaska. The top tenth earn $59.23 an hour or more, about 2.1 times the $28.09 at the bottom tenth. Nationally that gap is 2.5 times, so the step from the bottom of the scale to the top is shorter here than in most places.
Both ends of the scale beat the national figures: $28.09 against $20.50 at the bottom tenth, and $59.23 against $52.17 at the top.
The average, $43.29, is close to the median, so pay sits fairly evenly around the middle.
How Alaska compares with other states
Over a full year, the Alaska median of $89,440 is $26,250 more than the national $63,190.
In the state ranking, Alaska sits 5th, between Washington ($45.78) and Massachusetts ($38.18). The range runs from $23.59 in Arkansas to $48.71 in Oregon.
Alaska has no land border, so it is set here against Washington and Oregon. Both pay more than Alaska.
These are wages as paid, not adjusted for what it costs to live in Alaska. Rent, home prices and taxes decide how far a higher wage goes.
| Nearby state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against Alaska |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $43.00 | $89,440 | |
| Washington | $45.78 | $95,220 | +$2.78 an hour |
| Oregon | $48.71 | $101,310 | +$5.71 an hour |
How many electricians work in Alaska
Alaska has one of the smaller workforces in the trade: 1,870 electricians on payrolls, 0.2% of the 757,220 nationwide.
That is 5.7 of every 1,000 jobs in Alaska, close to the trade's share of jobs nationally.
What an electrical contracting business in Alaska should charge
Higher wages in Alaska go straight into the price. Take an electrical contracting business in Alaska paying the state median of $43.00 and run it through the labor rate calculator with its starting numbers (40-hour weeks, 10 paid days off, 2 unbilled hours a day, 7.65% payroll taxes, $90,000 a year of overhead and 15% profit).
| Step | Math | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Paid hours | 40 × 52 | 2,080 |
| Hours at work | 2,080 − 10 days × 8 | 2,000 |
| Billable hours | 2,000 × 6 ÷ 8 | 1,500 |
| Labor cost | $43.00 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $96,282 |
| Break-even rate | ($96,282 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $124.19 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $124.19 ÷ 0.85 | $146.10 |
That is $146.10 per billable hour, 3.4 times the wage, and $22.16 more than the $123.94 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $50.75 in Alaska, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $159.71.
At this wage the pay itself is the biggest part of the price, so every raise shows up in the rate: a dollar more an hour adds about $1.76 per billed hour.
Run it with your own numbers in the electrician labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Working as an electrician in Alaska
- Licensing. What Alaska asks for before you can work on your own: Electrical license in Alaska.
- Running the business. Quotes, invoices, booking and your website in one place: how electrical contractors run on Koira.
- Getting found. The free Koira report checks how your business shows up in search and on maps against shops near you.
Where these numbers come from
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
The figures are the BLS state estimates for SOC 47-2111, electricians, across all industries, read straight from the May 2025 state data file. They cover wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. Where BLS did not publish a figure, this page leaves it out.
All states in one table: electrician salary by state.