Electrician apprenticeships in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as an electrician looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — AMHERST TOWN-NORTHAMPTON, MA
Amherst Town-Northampton: ~28 of 220 (~13%) on the OEWS log-normal baseline.
Source: Census ACS 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).
Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance.
Source: BLS OEWS.
Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.
Source: Census ACS 5-year.
A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.
Numerator: unavailable.
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is one of Massachusetts's labor markets for electricians. This page collects what adults switching into a career as an electrician inside the Amherst Town-Northampton metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA electricians earn a median of $79,280 (BLS OEWS Amherst Town-Northampton MSA, May 2024). For Massachusetts context, statewide pay runs from $22/hr at entry to $40/hr at the state median and $60/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $83K avg salary. The Amherst Town-Northampton metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.
In the Amherst Town-Northampton metro, estimated six-figure electrician jobs: ~28 of 220 (~13%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. For statewide context: Massachusetts shows ~4.2K of 17K (~25%). Sources: BLS OEWS.
Statewide electrician programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Massachusetts programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: Massachusetts rules apply in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. Smaller MSAs like the Amherst Town-Northampton metro often source electrician apprentices from a 60-mile radius into the nearest larger urban center; check with the state programs page for the closest active intake.
ELECTRICIAN PAY SNAPSHOT — AMHERST TOWN-NORTHAMPTON, MA
$79,280 (OEWS MSA-level median)
Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.
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