Electrical Cost Calculator for Massachusetts - Free 2026 Cost Estimates

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, electricians — the core trade for electrical work — earn a mean wage of $39.21/hr ($81,560 per year) in the 2025 BLS OEWS release. That is 14% above the national average (national mean $71,490 per year). Massachusetts employs about 17,810 electricians statewide. Related trades that price into a typical electrical job include first-line supervisors of construction trades ($100,030/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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, BLS reports mean wages of electricians at $81,560 per year ($39.21/hr); first-line supervisors of construction trades at $100,030 per year ($48.09/hr). The spread between first-line supervisors of construction trades ($100,030) and electricians ($81,560) reflects differences in skill, certification, and supervisory responsibility on Massachusetts job sites, and it is why a detailed, line-item estimate beats a single blended rate when you are budgeting electrical work.

Half of Massachusetts electricians earn less than the median of $79,420 per year — below the $81,560 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 17,810 electricians, 18,330 first-line supervisors of construction trades employed across Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, 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 $39.21/hr mean wage shown above. Because Massachusetts's electricians wages sit 14% 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts contractors.