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Electrician Jobs & Licensed Workforce in Umatilla County, OR, Greater Hermiston Metro Area

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

Umatilla County, OR carries 562 licensed electricians and a median wage of $101,310/yr ($48.71/hr).

562
licensed electricians
$101,310
median annual wage (BLS OEWS, state)
74
construction demand index
2
open positions shown

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How the pay compares

This county sits at the 99th percentile nationally for electricians pay, above the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 9.7% year over year (BLS QCEW).

Current openings in Umatilla County

Real, current electricians openings, 2 in Umatilla County itself. Jobs by Adzuna.

Domestic Water System Service and Installer
Purswell's Pump Co, Hermiston, Umatilla County
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Licensed Electrician (All DCs)
Walmart, Hermiston, Umatilla County
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Licensed workforce by level

Intermediate68
Journeyman443
Contractor51

Licensed Electrician contractors near Umatilla County

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

NameTier
3d Heating LLCContractor
Aces HVAC LLCContractor
Allied Dcs IncContractor
Big River Electric LLCContractor
Black Mountain Contracting LLCContractor
Blue Mountain Electric LLCContractor
Brady Aaron RettkowskiContractor
Bruce Heating & Air Conditioning IncContractor
Columbia Nations Electric LLCContractor
Copper Creek Electric LLCContractor

Umatilla County within the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR metro

Umatilla County holds 84% of the metro area's 666 licensed electricians (the largest electricians pool among its 2 counties), at 70.2 per 10,000 residents against 72.1 metro-wide.

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 issued17People 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 change17New 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 establishments25Physical business locations in this industry.
Industry employment212Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades.
Annual industry payroll$14MTotal wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023).

How much work is in Umatilla 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 permitted200Last full year, county-wide. 25 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 employment806Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,421 per week. BLS QCEW.
Median year homes were built1979Older 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-180People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat.

Density and pipeline

70.2 licensed electricians per 10,000 residents; 14.0 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 Umatilla County, OR?
Umatilla County has 562 licensed electricians on the OR register.
What do electricians earn in Umatilla County?
The median annual wage for this occupation in this market is $101,310 ($48.71/hour), per BLS OEWS.
Are there open electricians jobs in Umatilla County right now?
Yes, 2 tracked openings in Umatilla County itself, of which 2 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 Hermiston specifically?
This page covers all of Umatilla County, OR, which is part of the Greater Hermiston metro area (the Census-defined metro this county belongs to), so it includes but is not limited to Hermiston proper.

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

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