- The middle half earn between $27.54 and $38.65 an hour.
- Vermont ranks 29th of the 50 states and DC for median pay in this trade.
- Vermont pays more than 1 of its 3 neighboring states.
- BLS counts about 1,270 electricians on payrolls in Vermont.
- At the state median wage, an electrical contracting business needs to bill about $124.13 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Electrician pay in Vermont, 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 | $22.82 | $47,470 | $20.50 |
| 25th percentile | $27.54 | $57,280 | $23.76 |
| Median | $30.49 | $63,430 | $30.38 |
| 75th percentile | $38.65 | $80,390 | $40.36 |
| 90th percentile | $63.50 | $132,080 | $52.17 |
| Average (mean) | $35.27 | $73,360 | $34.37 |
Pay spreads out a lot in Vermont. The bottom tenth earn $22.82 an hour or less while the top tenth earn $63.50 or more, a gap of 2.8 times against 2.5 nationally. Where a electrician sits on that range matters as much as the state.
Both ends of the scale beat the national figures: $22.82 against $20.50 at the bottom tenth, and $63.50 against $52.17 at the top.
The average wage, $35.27, sits 16% above the median. A smaller group of higher earners pulls the average up, so the median is the better guide to what a typical electrician makes.
How Vermont compares with other states
Over a full year the gap to the national median is small: $63,430 in Vermont against $63,190 nationally, $240 more.
In the state ranking, Vermont sits 29th, between Delaware ($30.63) and Idaho ($30.29). The range runs from $23.59 in Arkansas to $48.71 in Oregon.
Against its neighboring states, Vermont is in the middle: Massachusetts and New York pay more, and New Hampshire pays less.
| Neighboring state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against Vermont |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | $30.49 | $63,430 | |
| Massachusetts | $38.18 | $79,420 | +$7.69 an hour |
| New Hampshire | $30.21 | $62,840 | −$0.28 an hour |
| New York | $37.86 | $78,750 | +$7.37 an hour |
How many electricians work in Vermont
Vermont has one of the smaller workforces in the trade: 1,270 electricians on payrolls, 0.2% of the 757,220 nationwide.
That is 4.2 of every 1,000 jobs in Vermont, close to the trade's share of jobs nationally.
What an electrical contracting business in Vermont should charge
Say you run an electrical contracting business in Vermont and pay the state median of $30.49 an hour. Here is the labor rate calculator's math on 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 | $30.49 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $68,271 |
| Break-even rate | ($68,271 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $105.51 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $105.51 ÷ 0.85 | $124.13 |
That is $124.13 per billable hour, 4.1 times the wage, and almost the same as the $123.94 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $38.65 in Vermont, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $138.46.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $27.54, the rate only drops to $118.95.
Overhead, at $60 of every billed hour, and the unbilled hours move this rate more than a raise does. A dollar more in wages adds about $1.76 to the rate.
Run it with your own numbers in the electrician labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Working as an electrician in Vermont
- Licensing. What Vermont asks for before you can work on your own: Electrical license in Vermont.
- 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.