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Electricians salary in Greensboro, NC

Median pay for electricians in Greensboro, NC: $50,950/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $37,900 – $63,780 · about 1,850 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($60,730) by −$9,780 (-16%).

What it's really worth in Greensboro

With Greensboro's cost of living at 93 (US=100), that $50,950 has the buying power of about $54,850 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $59,567 · median home $266,370 · median rent $1,424/mo.

Full Greensboro cost of living & taxes →

How Greensboro ranks for this job

On raw pay, Greensboro, NC is 143rd of the 187 metros we hold electricians wages for. Once Greensboro's cost of living is applied, it ranks 138th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Greensboro sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Greensboro

A median home in Greensboro, NC costs $266,370 — about 5.2× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,424/mo works out at 34% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where electricians earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Greensboro.

MetroMedian payvs GreensboroRent vs Greensboro
Kennewick, WA $103,240 +103% 1.2×
Honolulu, HI $102,280 +101% 2.1×
San Jose, CA $98,970 +94% 2.5×
Chicago, IL $98,790 +94% 1.6×

Same job elsewhere in NC

MetroMedian payvs GreensboroRent vs Greensboro
Durham, NC $59,820 +17% 1.2×
Charlotte, NC $52,320 +3% 1.2×
Raleigh, NC $51,180 +0% 1.2×
Winston-Salem, NC $51,120 +0% 1.1×

Staying in NC keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 187 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.