IBEW Local 98 (ATEI) — Inside Wireman Apprenticeship
IBEW Local 98's training arm, ATEI, runs a paid inside wireman apprenticeship in Philadelphia: 8,000 work hours and about 1,080 class hours.
Becoming an electrician in Pennsylvania
Choose another state2 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
- $67,600 $32.50 an hour
- Outlook
- 2,320 openings a year, projected · 8.1% growth, 2024–2034
Do I need a license?
Pennsylvania has no statewide journeyman electrician license. Some local governments issue their own electrician licenses; check the rules where you will work. Source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, checked .
Local licenses we cover
- PhiladelphiaContractor and business licenses only
- PittsburghElectrical Trade License
- AllentownMaster Electrician License · Residential Electrician License · Journeyman Electrician License
- ReadingMaster Electrician License · Journeyman Electrician License
- ScrantonElectrical Journeyperson License · Electrical Apprentice License
Full Pennsylvania licensing requirements · How licensing works
How do I train?
Apprenticeships pay you while you learn. Schools teach first, then you find work. Which is right for me?
School programs 2
Orleans Technical College — Residential and Commercial Electricity – Career Training
Diploma in Residential and Commercial Electricity · 30 weeks (8 months) day or 60 weeks (14 months) evening
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology — Electrical Technology
Electrical Technology Associate Degree · 2 years, 74 credits
What does it pay?
What the work pays here, and how to decide.
Middle 80% of electricians in Pennsylvania US median $63,190
$45,600median $67,600$122,620
Electricians in Pennsylvania earn a median of $67,600 a year ($32.50 an hour), according to BLS May 2025 OEWS estimates. That is about 7.0% above the national median of $63,190. About one in ten electricians here earns under $45,600 a year and about one in ten over $122,620.
Employment is projected to grow 8.1% over 2024–2034, with about 2,320 openings a year.
Sources: BLS May 2025 OEWS · Projections Central · Pennsylvania salary details
Nearby states: Delaware 2 · Maryland 3 · New Jersey 4 · New York 5 · Ohio 3 · West Virginia 1
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