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Electrician Jobs & Licensed Workforce in Clark County, WA, Greater Portland Metro Area

Licensed supply, wages, demand, and real current openings for electricians in Clark County, WA, updated nightly from the state register, BLS, and live job listings.

Clark County, WA carries 369 licensed electricians and a median wage of $105,090/yr ($50.53/hr).

369
licensed electricians
$105,090
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
78
construction demand index
12
open positions shown of 20 tracked

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 100th percentile nationally for electricians pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 5.5% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Current openings in Clark County

Real, current electricians openings, 1 in Clark County itself, 11 elsewhere in the metro area (marked). Jobs by Adzuna.

Journeyman Electrician
Jet Industries, Salmon Creek, Clark County
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Low Voltage Electrician Lead
Day Wireless Systems, Portland, Multnomah County (metro)
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Electrician II
Radius Recycling, Forest Heights, Washington County (metro)
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Journeyman Electrician
Elite Electric, Portland, Multnomah County (metro)
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Supervisor Electrician
Events Unlimited, Tualatin, Washington County (metro)
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Lead Supervising Electrician
Nike, Beaverton, Washington County (metro)
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Lead Supervising Electrician
NIKE, West Slope, Washington County (metro)
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Journeyman Electrician
Sky Heating, A/C, Plumbing & Electrical, Tualatin, Washington County (metro)
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Division Journeyman Electrician
Pacific Seafood, Clackamas, Clackamas County (metro)
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Traffic Signal Electrician
City of Beaverton, West Slope, Washington County (metro)
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Maintenance Electrician
Stack Metallurgical Services, Inc., Portland, Multnomah County (metro)
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Electrician
Cornels Plumbing Heating & Air, Cedar Mill, Washington County (metro)
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Licensed workforce by level

Contractor358

Licensed Electrician contractors near Clark County

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

NameTier
3 Point ConstructionContractor
911 Electrical LLCContractor
A & G Electric LLCContractor
A D K Electric IncContractor
Absolute Electric IncContractor
Absolute Heating/clg Sltns LLCContractor
Accent Heating & Cooling LLCContractor
Accurate Electric Unlimitd IncContractor
Adapt Electric LLCContractor
Advance Lighting I LLCContractor

Clark County within the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro

Clark County holds 4% of the metro area's 10,110 licensed electricians (#6 of 7 electricians pool among its 7 counties), at 7.1 per 10,000 residents against 40.3 metro-wide; the largest pool is Clackamas County with 3,164.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the WA 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 issued3People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licences lapsed6Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier0Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change-3New 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 establishments196Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment2,082Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$188MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Clark County

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 permitted3,250Last full year, county-wide. 62 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 employment10,699Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,403 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1993Older 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+2,654People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

6.9 licensed electricians per 10,000 residents; 23 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 0.4 registered apprentices per 100 estimated workers; 0.1 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 Clark County, WA?
Clark County has 369 licensed electricians on the WA register.
What do electricians earn in Clark County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $105,090 ($50.53/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Are there open electricians jobs in Clark County right now?
Yes, 1 tracked opening in Clark County itself, plus 19 elsewhere in the metro area, of which 12 are listed above. Sourced from Adzuna and refreshed nightly.
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 Portland specifically?
This page covers all of Clark County, WA, which is part of the Greater Portland metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Portland proper.

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

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