How much money do electricians make in Arizona?

Plan on about 4 years. Arizona has no state journeyman license, and the Arizona Registrar of Contractors requires 4 years of hands-on or managerial electrical experience before you can qualify a C-11, R-11 or CR-11 electrical contractor license. Technical training from an accredited college can count for up to 2 of those years under A.R.S. 32-1122.

Not to work for wages. Arizona doesn't license individual electricians, and A.R.S. 32-1121(A)(11) exempts anyone whose only pay is wages, so apprentices and journeymen work under their employer's ROC license. You need your own ROC contractor license to contract jobs yourself, which the ROC requires once labor and materials exceed $1,000 or a permit is needed.

You take two exams for the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. The Statutes and Rules Exam is an open-book online course and exam that costs $61, and the electrical trade exam through PSI costs $66, or you can take the NASCLA electrical exam for $116 instead, according to the ROC fee schedule. You need at least 70% on each one.

Electricians in Arizona earned a median wage of $29.36 an hour, or $61,060 a year, in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure counts apprentices and journeymen together. Electrician helpers earned a median $21.21 an hour.

Yes. Your business needs an electrical contractor license from the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, with a qualifying party who has 4 years of experience and passing scores on the Statutes and Rules Exam and a trade exam. New two-year license fees run $580 for C-11, $720 for R-11 and $850 for CR-11, according to the ROC fee schedule, plus a license bond.