Licensed supply, wages, demand, and real current openings for electricians in Stone County, MS, updated nightly from the state register, BLS, and live job listings.
Stone County, MS carries 27 licensed electricians and a median wage of $62,440/yr ($30.02/hr).
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This county sits at the 52th percentile nationally for electricians pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 3.7% year over year (BLS QCEW).
Counties within 150 miles whose published median for this occupation is higher than Stone County's. Medians from the same BLS OEWS series shown above, not offers, and pay is only one reason to move.
| County | Median | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helena Parish, LA | $65,330 | +$2,890 | 95 mi |
| Livingston Parish, LA | $65,330 | +$2,890 | 99 mi |
| Ascension Parish, LA | $65,330 | +$2,890 | 115 mi |
| East Feliciana Parish, LA | $65,330 | +$2,890 | 115 mi |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | $65,330 | +$2,890 | 119 mi |
Real, current electricians openings, 0 in Stone County itself, 4 elsewhere in the metro area (marked). Jobs by Adzuna.
Stone County holds 8% of the metro area's 338 licensed electricians (#4 of 4 electricians pool among its 4 counties), at 14.4 per 10,000 residents against 8.0 metro-wide; the largest pool is Harrison County with 150.
Counted from ATI's nightly diff of the MS 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.
| Movement | Workers | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| New licences issued | 1 | People who entered the licensed workforce here. |
| Licences lapsed | 0 | Expired or not renewed. Retirement, relocation or leaving the trade. |
| Moved up a credential tier | 0 | Apprentice to journeyman, journeyman to master, and so on. |
| Net change | 1 | New licences minus lapsed. Negative means the licensed base shrank. |
County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than electricians specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.
| Measure | Value | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 51 | Last full year, county-wide. 27 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 employment | 122 | Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $952 per week. BLS QCEW. |
| Median year homes were built | 1996 | Older 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 | +118 | People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat. |
14.4 licensed electricians per 10,000 residents; 6.4 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.
License register: 2026-09-17; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-09-17; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.
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