IBEW Local 25 (Long Island JATC) — Inside Wireman Apprenticeship
IBEW Local 25's Long Island JATC runs a paid inside wireman apprenticeship in Hauppauge. Apply in person during an NYSDOL recruitment.
Becoming an electrician in New York
Choose another state3 paid apprenticeships and 2 school programs are listed here.
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- Licensing
- No statewide journeyman license; local licensing
- Time to qualify
- No statewide journeyman route local rules may apply
- Median pay
- $78,750 $37.86 an hour
- Outlook
- 4,020 openings a year, projected · 3.3% growth, 2024–2034
Do I need a license?
New York has no statewide journeyman electrician license. Some local governments issue their own electrician licenses; check the rules where you will work. Source: New York Business Express, checked .
Local licenses we cover
- New York CityMaster Electrician · Special Electrician
- BuffaloJourneyman Electrician · Master Electrician
- RochesterMaster Electrician's License · Residential Electrician's License
- SyracuseMaster Electrician · Limited Electrician · Special Electrician-Heaters · Special Low Voltage or Communication License
- Westchester CountyMaster Electrician's License · Special Electrician's License · Reciprocal Master Electrician's License
How do I train?
Apprenticeships pay you while you learn. Schools teach first, then you find work. Which is right for me?
Paid apprenticeships 3
IBEW Local 3 / Joint Industry Board — NYC Electrical Apprenticeship
$19.25 an hour to start
IBEW Local 41 (Buffalo JATC, Orchard Park) — Inside Wireman Apprenticeship
5 years · $23.75 an hour to start (no effective date posted)
School programs 2
Nassau BOCES Adult Education — Trade Electric
2 credentials
SUNY Delhi — Electrical Construction and Instrumentation (AOS)
SUNY Delhi offers a two-year, campus-based AOS in Electrical Construction and Instrumentation with extra laboratory instruction for…
What does it pay?
What the work pays here, and how to decide.
Middle 80% of electricians in New York US median $63,190
$45,740median $78,750$131,640
Electricians in New York earn a median of $78,750 a year ($37.86 an hour), according to BLS May 2025 OEWS estimates. That is about 25% above the national median of $63,190. About one in ten electricians here earns under $45,740 a year and about one in ten over $131,640.
Employment is projected to grow 3.3% over 2024–2034, with about 4,020 openings a year.
Sources: BLS May 2025 OEWS · Projections Central · New York salary details
Nearby states: Connecticut 2 · Massachusetts 2 · New Jersey 4 · Pennsylvania 4 · Vermont 1
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