Salary Data/Electrician by State/Northeast/Maine/Portland, ME

Electrician Salary in Portland, ME

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with collectively bargained journey-level scale from IBEW Local 567, effective June 2026.

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Market Context

IBEW Local 567 is the union local for electricians in the Portland area; its union hall is on Goddard Road in Lewiston. The rate shown is the local's own inside journeyman wage, effective June 2026. Union apprenticeship classes are typically held at the Lewiston union hall.

Union Scale

IBEW Local 567 inside wireman Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$40.46

Effective June 2026

Base wage: $40.46/hr

Benefit contribution: $21.81/hr

Total package: $62.27/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$84,157

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$12,497

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the IBEW Local 567 inside wireman journey-level rate under the current collective bargaining agreement. The BLS area median reflects all electricians across all employment types and experience levels.

JATC Information

Training Center	IBEW Local 567 Portland JATC
Address	238 Goddard Rd, Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone	(207) 786-9770
Website	ibew567.com
Minimum Score	Not published

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Check with IBEW Local 567 for its current application requirements, including any aptitude test.

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Area Wage Data

All electricians, union and non-union, all experience levels

Median Annual

$71,660

+$8,470 vs. national

Median Hourly

$34.45

vs. Maine

-$1,346

vs. state average

Total Employed

1,870

In this area

Full Wage Breakdown

All electricians, union and non-union, all experience levels. Wage figures only, employer-paid benefits, pension contributions, and health and welfare are not included.

Annual Median Wage	$71,660
Annual Mean Wage	$73,210
Hourly Median Wage	$34.45
Hourly Mean Wage	$35.20
Total Employed	1,870
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Maine

Brewer High School MC3
Brewer
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Nokomis Regional High School
Newport
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Other Electrician Markets in Maine

Lewiston, ME

$78,430

Metro

Southwest Maine (Non-Metro)

$77,700

Non-Metro

Northeast Maine (Non-Metro)

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Union Rates in Maine and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Maine, nearest first, then metros in other states within 300 miles. Journey-level rates are sourced from Davis-Bacon wage determinations, state prevailing wage determinations, or, where a local publishes one directly, its own collective bargaining agreement.

IBEW Local 567

Lewiston, ME

$40.46/hr

Journey-level · CBA rate

Journey-level · CBA rate

Effective June 2026

IBEW Local 103

Boston