Electrical

O*NET defines electricians as workers who install, maintain and repair electrical wiring, equipment and fixtures and ensure that the work is in accordance with relevant codes. O*NET lists maintaining a current electrician’s license or identification card to meet governmental regulations among the occupation’s core tasks.

Electricians’ core tasks include placing conduit and pulling wire through it, connecting wires to breakers and transformers, and testing with instruments that O*NET names as oscilloscopes, ammeters and test lamps. O*NET records 164 tool commodities for the occupation.

O*NET OnLine, the occupational database of the US Department of Labor, reports for Electricians (47-2111.00), 821,000 people in 2025, a median wage of $30.38 an hour ($63,190 a year), projected growth for 2025–2035 described as much faster than average (7% or higher), and 72,700 projected job openings.