Electrical Cost Calculator for Illinois - Free 2026 Cost Estimates

Illinois Electrical Labor Costs — Verified from BLS OEWS (2025)

Every figure on this page is a published U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics value. Last verified 2026-07-01.

In Illinois, electricians — the core trade for electrical work — earn a mean wage of $44.34/hr ($92,230 per year) in the 2025 BLS OEWS release. That is 29% above the national average (national mean $71,490 per year). Illinois employs about 23,120 electricians statewide. Related trades that price into a typical electrical job include first-line supervisors of construction trades ($103,450/yr). Because labor is the largest variable cost on most electrical projects, these published state wage levels are the biggest single reason electrical costs differ between Illinois and other states. Every figure here is a mean value published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and is refreshed automatically when BLS releases new OEWS data.

Across the trades that touch a typical electrical job in Illinois, BLS reports mean wages of electricians at $92,230 per year ($44.34/hr); first-line supervisors of construction trades at $103,450 per year ($49.74/hr). The spread between first-line supervisors of construction trades ($103,450) and electricians ($92,230) reflects differences in skill, certification, and supervisory responsibility on Illinois job sites, and it is why a detailed, line-item estimate beats a single blended rate when you are budgeting electrical work.

Half of Illinois electricians earn less than the median of $99,560 per year — above the $92,230 mean, which a smaller number of higher earners pulls upward. For budgeting, the median is often the more realistic figure for routine electrical crews. BLS counts roughly 23,120 electricians, 19,340 first-line supervisors of construction trades employed across Illinois, a measure of how deep the local electrical-trade labor pool is and how much competition for crews you can expect when scheduling work.

When you budget a electrical job in Illinois, treat these BLS wage levels as the labor-rate floor: a crew's billed rate adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin on top of the $44.34/hr mean wage shown above. Because Illinois's electricians wages sit 29% above the national average, a electrical quote that comes in far below these published rates is worth a second look — labor that cheap usually signals a different scope, materials, or crew experience. Use the calculator on this page to combine these Illinois labor rates with your project's material quantities for a complete estimate.

Wages are statewide means published by BLS and reflect labor cost only — not the total installed cost of a project. Use the calculator below for a full materials-and-labor estimate, and always obtain written bids from licensed Illinois contractors.