Electricians
Hanford-Corcoran, CA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 220.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of electricians in Hanford earn more.
$86,040 in Hanford buys what $84,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Hanford's regional price parity is 101.6 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in California
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Hanford |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $92,830 | $80,300 | 115.6 | −5.2% |
| San Jose | $91,030 | $82,400 | 110.4 | −2.6% |
| Hanford This page | $86,040 | $84,700 | 101.6 | — |
| Vallejo | $79,490 | $73,300 | 108.5 | −13.5% |
| Salinas | $78,780 | $72,200 | 109.0 | −14.7% |
| Napa | $78,080 | $69,400 | 112.6 | −18.1% |
| Santa Rosa | $77,380 | $71,800 | 107.8 | −15.2% |
| Modesto | $76,710 | $73,700 | 104.1 | −13.0% |
Price parity and difference against Hanford are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 44.2% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 21.4% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 220 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 47-2111, Electricians. Mapped to our taxonomy as electricians.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.