The pay box above shows what Arizona electrical jobs are paying on our board right now. Arizona is one of the areas we cover best, so these are real numbers, not guesses.
Where these numbers come from
Two places, and we own both. The pay box at the top of this page reads live job ads on our board right now. The Tradesppl Hiring Index is our monthly count of every job posted on the board.
We never guess a wage. If a number is on this page, an employer put it in a job ad. Here is how we work the numbers out.
What August looked like
In our August 2026 Hiring Index, electricians were the busiest trade on the board with 439 jobs posted.
US electrical jobs that named a wage paid $68,640 a year in the middle. Half paid more, half paid less. The middle half landed between $56,300 and $84,100, out of 195 ads.
Arizona had 138 trades jobs posted, putting it in the top five. And 47% of Arizona ads named a wage — one of the highest rates we see anywhere, with no state law forcing it (transparency report).
What moves you up that range
- Your level. Arizona licences electrical work at the contractor level, not with a statewide journeyman card. So employers set their own bar. Ads usually ask for years of experience instead of a licence class.
- Where you work. Data centres, solar and commercial construction around Phoenix pay best. Residential service is where most people start.
- The union route. An apprenticeship through a JATC comes with a set wage scale plus benefits that an advertised wage never shows.
What employers ask for
In August the tickets electrical employers named most were the Red Seal and a journeyman licence. The Red Seal was the most-asked-for ticket on the whole board: 88 job ads across all trades named it, and 40 of those were for electricians. Of the electrical ads that named a level, about 1 in 7 was open to an apprentice. Most electrical hiring wants a ticketed journeyperson. Details by trade are in the tickets employers ask for and the who is hiring apprentices.
Work out your own number
- Pay calculator — put in your hourly rate and see your take-home, overtime included
- Electrician jobs in Phoenix — what's open right now
- Hiring Index — this month's jobs, pay and hiring hot spots across every trade