Lead Electrician

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

24 people hold the Lead Electrician role across 2 departments in California, with a median total compensation of $95,456.

Employees: 24
Median pay: $95,456
Departments: 2
Cross-jurisdiction: #1 of 1

Compared with the local labor market

Lead Electrician pay vs. California

Across all employers in California, the median wage for Electricians — about 73,310 people — is $76,160. California pays a median base salary of $93,807 for this role, 23% above that figure — about the 66th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where California sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$46,800

$59,280

$76,160

$103,000

$140,340

California median · $93,807

The bar is the range of annual wages for Electricians across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows California’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. California’s median base salary is 48% above that national figure, about the 81st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$42,640

$49,430

$63,190

$83,940

$108,510

California median · $93,807

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 California range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 18 of 24 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at California is $95,456, 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.

Within California

Departments with this role

Largest California departments for this role

State University

21 · $96,479

State Polytech University

3 · $93,174

Departments in Californiaemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.