Working as an electrician in the United States
What official sources say about working as an electrician in the United States: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In the United States, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes electricians, earns ≈ 4,763 EUR/month (gross, 2025). Electrician is a regulated profession in the United States.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers"
- ≈ 4,763 EUR/month (gross, 2025)
- Regulation
- Regulated
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in the United States: ≈ 4,763 EUR/month (gross, 2025), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of electricians alone.
Regulation and recognition
Electrician is a regulated profession in the United States.
- Recognition authority
- State or local electrical licensing board for the work location.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Electrician in the United States: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ae3c95ed9bf9025e7eedfbf9a01c4241]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/united-states/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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