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Licensed electricians in St. Clair County, MI, Greater Detroit Metro Area: Workforce, Wages & Demand

Licensed supply, credential mix, wages and demand outlook for electricians in St. Clair County, MI, updated nightly from the state register and BLS.

St. Clair County, MI carries 1,128 licensed electricians and a median wage of $81,990/yr ($39.42/hr).

1,128
licensed electricians
$81,990
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, metro area)
42
construction demand index

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 93th percentile nationally for electricians pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 4.1% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Licensed workforce by level

Apprentice161
Journeyman542
Master222
Contractor126

Licensed Electrician contractors near St. Clair County

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

NameTier
AaronContractor
AlexContractor
AmyContractor
AndrewContractor
AnthonyContractor
BenjaminContractor
BrianContractor
BruceContractor
BryanContractor
CarterContractor
AaronMaster
AddisonMaster
AlexMaster
AmyMaster
AndrewMaster
AnthonyMaster

St. Clair County within the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro

St. Clair County holds 8% of the metro area's 14,663 licensed electricians (#4 of 6 electricians pool among its 6 counties), at 70.6 per 10,000 residents against 33.8 metro-wide; the largest pool is Macomb County with 4,130.

Who entered and left in the last 12 months

Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the MI 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 issued13People 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 change13New 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 establishments32Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment258Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$23MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in St. Clair 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 permitted219Last full year, county-wide. 14 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 employment1,670Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,211 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1975Older 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+39People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

65.7 licensed electricians per 10,000 residents; 332 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 43.2 registered apprentices per 100 estimated workers; 8.6 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 St. Clair County, MI?
St. Clair County has 1,128 licensed electricians on the MI register.
What do electricians earn in St. Clair County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $81,990 ($39.42/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 Detroit specifically?
This page covers all of St. Clair County, MI, which is part of the Greater Detroit metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Detroit proper.

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

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