How does Dallas electrician pay compare to the rest of Texas?

Median pay on Buildforce electrician jobs in Dallas is $37 an hour for journeymen, with most offers between $35 and $40. That's about $77,000 a year at 40 hours a week.

On Buildforce jobs in Dallas, entry-level apprentices earn a median of $23 an hour, mid-level apprentices $28, and high-level apprentices $29.

BLS 2025 wage data puts the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington median at $59,010 a year, or $28.37 an hour. That figure blends apprentices and journeymen, and the top 10% of electricians earn $81,660 or more.

Dallas runs close to the state. The BLS median for DFW is slightly above the Texas median of $58,570, and on Buildforce jobs across Texas markets journeymen earned a median of $40 an hour compared with $37 in Dallas.

BLS reports one occupation for all electricians, so its median includes apprentices still logging hours. Licensed journeymen earn more, which puts their pay closer to the BLS 90th percentile of $39.26 an hour in DFW.