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Experience adjustment is a modeled estimate based on typical apprentice/journeyman/master wage differentials, applied to the journeyman baseline range above.
Data Center Electrician
$40–$72 / hr
Illustrative national range
Alabama range
$29–$40 / hr
State-level typical range
Demand signal
High
Based on opportunity categories tracked
Specialty differential
Top of the typical hourly range by specialization.
- Data Center Electrician$40–$72 / hr
- Industrial Electrician$35–$58 / hr
- Commercial Electrician$33–$55 / hr
- High Voltage Electrician$34–$55 / hr
- Low Voltage Technician$25–$40 / hr
- Controls Electrician$34–$58 / hr
- PLC Technician$32–$55 / hr
- Instrumentation Technician$32–$50 / hr
Source: Derived estimate: state BLS OEWS median wage (SOC 47-2111, May 2025) × commercial-premium multiplier (1.15×–1.58×). Not a direct BLS figure. · Last updated 2026-10-12
Commercial rate ranges are derived from each state's BLS OEWS median electrician wage (SOC 47-2111, May 2025) applied against a national commercial-premium multiplier (1.15×–1.58×), based on 2026 published journeyman wage data. Not a direct BLS figure. Only each state’s BLS OEWS median hourly wage is a direct BLS figure; commercial ranges are estimates and actual pay varies by employer, local agreement, and project.
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