Compared with the local labor market
Electrician pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area
Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Electricians — about 36,550 people — is $79,020. Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services pays a median base salary of $122,378 for this role, 55% above that figure — about the 73rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services sits in the local pay range
$46,170
$61,990
$79,020
$126,030
$132,170
Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services median · $122,378
The bar is the range of annual wages for Electricians across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Human Resources Administration/Department of Social 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. Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services’s median base salary is 94% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$42,640
$49,430
$63,190
$83,940
$108,510
Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services median · $122,378
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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services is $123,979, 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 jurisdictions
Electrician beyond New York City
This role is reported in 30 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $151,263 ranks #4 of 30. See Electrician across all of New York City →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Electrician roles 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.