Salary Data/Electrician by State/Midwest/Wisconsin/Appleton

Electrician Salary in Appleton

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from IBEW Local 577, effective June 2025.

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Market Context

IBEW Local 577 is the union local for electricians in Appleton; its hall is on South Lawe Street. The union apprenticeship is administered by the Wisconsin NECA-IBEW training office in Madison. Wisconsin has no state prevailing wage law, so prevailing wage requirements apply only to federally funded construction.

→IBEW Local 577's jurisdiction includes Outagamie and Winnebago counties

Union Scale

IBEW Local 577 inside wireman Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$41.76

Effective June 2025

Base wage: $41.76/hr

Benefit contribution: $23.65/hr

Total package: $65.41/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$86,861

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$20,031

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the IBEW Local 577 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	Appleton/Oshkosh Area Electrical JAC (IBEW 577)
Address	1024 S. Lawe Street, Appleton, WI 54915
Phone	(920) 739-9408
Website	wijatc.org
Minimum Score	Not published

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Check with IBEW Local 577 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

$66,830

+$3,640 vs. national

Median Hourly

$32.13

vs. Wisconsin

-$7,630

vs. state average

Total Employed

810

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	$66,830
Annual Mean Wage	$69,390
Hourly Median Wage	$32.13
Hourly Mean Wage	$33.36
Total Employed	810
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Wisconsin

Boys and Girls Club of Dane County - High School Program
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Union Rates in Wisconsin and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Wisconsin, 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 577

Oshkosh

$41.76/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective May 2025

IBEW Local 494

Milwaukee