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Licensed electricians in Ascension Parish, LA, Greater Baton Rouge Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

Licensed supply, credential mix, wages and demand outlook for electricians in Ascension Parish, LA, updated nightly from the state register and BLS.

Ascension Parish, LA carries 163 licensed electricians and a median wage of $65,330/yr ($31.41/hr).

163
licensed electricians
$65,330
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
73
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 62th percentile nationally for electricians pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades fell 7.0% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Journeyman72
Contractor83

Licensed Electrician contractors near Ascension Parish

Active, licensed firms and master-tier individuals on the LA register.

NameTier
Acustom Electric LLCContractor
Advance Air Heating & Cooling L.l.c.Contractor
Air-Doc Mechanical Electrical LLCContractor
Altazan Electric LLCContractor
Amp Alliance LLCContractor
Arcsmart, LLCContractor
B & B Electric Company, Inc.Contractor
Bert Wayne HeathContractor
Block Builders LLCContractor
Block Construction, L.l.c.Contractor

Ascension Parish within the Baton Rouge, LA metro

Ascension Parish holds 14% of the metro area's 1,145 licensed electricians (the third-largest electricians pool among its 10 counties), at 12.4 per 10,000 residents against 13.1 metro-wide; the largest pool is East Baton Rouge Parish with 497.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the LA register itself, over the trailing year. Runs that failed a data-quality gate are excluded, so a scraper outage is never reported as workers leaving.

MovementWorkersWhat it means
New licences issued1People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licences lapsed1Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier0Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change0New licences minus lapsed. Negative means the licensed base shrank.

Who employs electricians here

Employment from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for the industry this trade sits in; payroll from the Census County Business Patterns. Establishment counts are QCEW where the county is disclosed and an ATI estimate otherwise.

MeasureValueWhat it counts
Employer establishments62Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment697Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$45MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Ascension Parish

County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than electricians specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.

MeasureValueWhat it means for you
New housing units permitted639Last full year, county-wide. 48 per 10,000 residents. Permits lead construction hiring by months, so this is the earliest honest signal of work arriving (Census Building Permits Survey).
Construction employment4,152Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,394 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built2002Older stock means more repair, replacement and retrofit work, which is steadier than new build and does not stop in a downturn (Census ACS).
Net migration-371People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

11.8 licensed electricians per 10,000 residents; 27 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 3.3 registered apprentices per 100 estimated workers; 1.4 apprentices per 10,000 residents. A thin pipeline against an ageing licensed base is how a shortage forms years before it shows up in wages.

Common questions

How many licensed electricians are in Ascension Parish, LA?
Ascension Parish has 163 licensed electricians on the LA register.
What do electricians earn in Ascension Parish?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $65,330 ($31.41/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Is this a job board?
No. This page is ATI's own licensed-workforce and market data for this county and trade. Job listings above, where present, are an additive real-time layer, not the page's core content.
Is this page for Baton Rouge specifically?
This page covers all of Ascension Parish, LA, which is part of the Greater Baton Rouge metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Baton Rouge proper.

License register: 2026-09-17; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-09-17; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.

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