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Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System)

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Earnings | Unemployment | Full-Time/Part-Time | Self-Employed | Age | Men/Women
 
Earnings


What you can expect to make

Average Hourly Earnings

Hourly wages ($20.92) are close to the national average ($18.07).

These earnings are close to the average for occupations in the trades, transport and equipement operators sector and close to the average for all technical, professional, and skilled occupations.

These wages grew at an average rate from 2002 to 2004.

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Unemployment


Above average


The unemployment rate (9%) is above the 2004 average (7%).

This rate is close to the average for technical, professional, and skilled occupations.

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Unemployment
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Full-Time/Part-Time


% of part-time work is about the same as average

Full-Time/Part-Time

There were 60,600 workers employed in these occupations in 2004, an increase of 23% since 1997.

The percentage of part-time workers is 3% compared to the 2004 average (19%) and has dropped since 1997.

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Self-Employed


Average


The percentage of self-employed workers is 11% compared to the 2004 average of 15% and has dropped since 1997.

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Age

Age

The retirement rate to 2009 will likely be above average because of a tendency to retire at an earlier-than-average age (58).

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Men/Women


Below average


The percentage of women (1%) is below the 2004 average of 48%.
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