- The middle half earn between $38.03 and $58.50 an hour.
- No state pays electricians more at the median.
- Oregon pays more than all 4 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 10,590 electricians on payrolls in Oregon.
- At the state median wage, an electrical contracting business needs to bill about $156.13 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Electrician pay in Oregon, 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 | $28.63 | $59,550 | $20.50 |
| 25th percentile | $38.03 | $79,110 | $23.76 |
| Median | $48.71 | $101,310 | $30.38 |
| 75th percentile | $58.50 | $121,680 | $40.36 |
| 90th percentile | $63.24 | $131,530 | $52.17 |
| Average (mean) | $47.96 | $99,750 | $34.37 |
Pay is bunched up in Oregon. The top tenth earn $63.24 an hour or more, about 2.2 times the $28.63 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: $28.63 against $20.50 at the bottom tenth, and $63.24 against $52.17 at the top.
The average wage ($47.96) is a little under the median, so the low end of the range stretches further than the high end in Oregon.
How Oregon compares with other states
Over a full year, the Oregon median of $101,310 is $38,120 more than the national $63,190.
No state pays more. The next highest is Illinois at $47.87, and the lowest is Arkansas at $23.59.
Oregon pays electricians more than any of its neighboring states, California, Idaho, Nevada and Washington. Someone working near the border can earn more by taking work on this side of it.
These are wages as paid, not adjusted for what it costs to live in Oregon. Rent, home prices and taxes decide how far a higher wage goes.
| Neighboring state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against Oregon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | $48.71 | $101,310 | |
| California | $36.62 | $76,160 | −$12.09 an hour |
| Idaho | $30.29 | $63,000 | −$18.42 an hour |
| Nevada | $35.37 | $73,570 | −$13.34 an hour |
| Washington | $45.78 | $95,220 | −$2.93 an hour |
How many electricians work in Oregon
About 10,590 electricians work on payrolls in Oregon, 1.4% of the 757,220 nationwide, the 26th largest count among the states.
That is 5.4 of every 1,000 jobs in Oregon, close to the trade's share of jobs nationally.
What an electrical contracting business in Oregon should charge
Higher wages in Oregon go straight into the price. Take an electrical contracting business in Oregon paying the state median of $48.71 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 | $48.71 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $109,068 |
| Break-even rate | ($109,068 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $132.71 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $132.71 ÷ 0.85 | $156.13 |
That is $156.13 per billable hour, 3.2 times the wage, and $32.19 more than the $123.94 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $58.50 in Oregon, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $173.32.
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 Oregon
- Licensing. What Oregon asks for before you can work on your own: Electrical license in Oregon.
- 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.