Compared with the local labor market
Electrician pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Electricians — about 20,610 people — is $73,810. Public Works - Street Services pays a median base salary of $114,078 for this role, 55% above that figure — about the 81st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Public Works - Street Services sits in the local pay range
$46,140
$58,830
$73,810
$101,930
$131,680
Public Works - Street Services median · $114,078
The bar is the range of annual wages for Electricians across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works - Street Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Electricians — about 757,220 people — is $63,190. Public Works - Street Services’s median base salary is 81% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$42,640
$49,430
$63,190
$83,940
$108,510
Public Works - Street Services median · $114,078
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works - Street Services is $181,367, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across City of Los Angeles
Electrician is held in 7 City of Los Angeles departments. In Public Works - Street Services, the median of $181,367 ranks #1 of 7.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Electrician role in other City of Los Angelesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Electrician beyond City of Los Angeles
This role is reported in 30 jurisdictions. In City of Los Angeles, the median of $148,844 ranks #5 of 30. See Electrician across all of City of Los Angeles →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Electricianroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.