Salary Data/Electrician by State/Southeast/Virginia/Virginia Beach

Electrician Salary in Virginia Beach

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from IBEW Local 80, effective June 2025.

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Market Context

IBEW Local 80's inside jurisdiction takes in South Hampton Roads.

IBEW Local 80 is the union local for electricians in Virginia Beach; its inside jurisdiction takes in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Suffolk. The rate shown is Norfolk's, because no negotiated electrician rate is published for Virginia Beach. Union apprentices train through the Tidewater Electrical Industry JATC.

Union Scale

IBEW Local 80 inside wireman Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$36.85

Effective June 2025

Base wage: $36.85/hr

Benefit contribution: $14.13/hr

Total package: $50.98/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$76,648

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$14,298

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the IBEW Local 80 inside wireman journey-level rate from the applicable Davis-Bacon wage determination. The BLS area median reflects all electricians across all employment types and experience levels.

JATC Information

Training Center	Tidewater Electrical Industry JATC
Phone	(757) 480-2812
Website	tidewaterjatc80.com
Minimum Score	Not published

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Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$62,350

-$840 vs. national

Median Hourly

$29.98

vs. Virginia

+$1,078

vs. state average

Total Employed

5,740

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	$62,350
Annual Mean Wage	$63,030
Hourly Median Wage	$29.98
Hourly Mean Wage	$30.30
Total Employed	5,740
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Other Electrician Markets in Virginia

Southwest Virginia (Non-Metro)

Southside Virginia (Non-Metro)

$60,640

Non-Metro

Northwest Virginia (Non-Metro)

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Union Rates in Virginia and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Virginia, 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 666

Richmond

$37.95/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective January 2025

IBEW Local 26

Washington, DC