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Electrician Jobs & Licensed Workforce in Columbia County, OR, Greater Portland Metro Area

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

Columbia County, OR carries 551 licensed electricians and a median wage of $105,090/yr ($50.53/hr).

551
licensed electricians
$105,090
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
38
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 fell 0.8% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Current openings in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area

Real, current electricians openings, 0 in Columbia County itself, 12 elsewhere in the metro area (marked). Jobs by Adzuna.

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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Journeyman Electrician
Jet Industries, Salmon Creek, Clark County (metro)
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Electrician
Cornels Plumbing Heating & Air, Cedar Mill, Washington County (metro)
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Licensed workforce by level

Intermediate80
Journeyman447
Contractor24

Licensed Electrician contractors near Columbia County

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

NameTier
A+ Electrical Services IncContractor
Dale L ClarkContractor
Electri Tech IncContractor
Faithmore Electric LLCContractor
Flores & Flores LLCContractor
Graham Pump Sales & Service IncContractor
Hood To Coast Heating & Cooling IncContractor
Intelligrated Systems LLCContractor
Line Electric Company LLCContractor
Louie Family Enterprises LLCContractor

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

Columbia County holds 5% of the metro area's 10,110 licensed electricians (#5 of 7 electricians pool among its 7 counties), at 102.3 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 OR 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 issued8People who entered the licensed workforce here.
Licences lapsed0Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade.
Moved up a credential tier0Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on.
Net change8New 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 establishments7Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment25Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$4MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Columbia 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 permitted84Last full year, county-wide. 16 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 employment515Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,386 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1981Older 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-208People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

102.3 licensed electricians per 10,000 residents; 0.4 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 Columbia County, OR?
Columbia County has 551 licensed electricians on the OR register.
What do electricians earn in Columbia 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 Columbia County right now?
Not in Columbia County itself right now, plus 20 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 Columbia County, OR, 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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