TX — AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK-GEORGETOWN, TX

Electrician apprenticeships in Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX

Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX is the 29th-most populous metro in the US. Here is what working as an electrician looks like locally.

KEY FACTS — AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK-GEORGETOWN, TX

Austin: ~737 of 6.2K (~12%) · market pressure 70/100 — High pressure.

Electrician earning $100K+ annually in Austin
~737 of 6.2K (~12%) ±89

Confidence: medium. Annual labor earnings (W-2 wages + self-employment), not OEWS hourly-wage extrapolations.

Source: Census ACS 2024 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).

OEWS six-figure baseline (electrician)
~131 of 6.2K (~2.1%)

Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance.

Source: BLS OEWS.

Market pressure score (electrician, Austin)
70/100 — High pressure

Confidence: low. Composite of projected annual openings, projected growth, and current $100K+ earnings rate. Not a direct vacancy count.

Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.

Bachelor’s+ in the Austin labor force
757K

Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.

Competitive ratio ($100K+ earners / bachelor’s+)
9.7 per 10k

A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.

Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.

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Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX is one of Texas's largest labor markets for electricians. It is the 29th-largest metro area in the United States by population. This page collects what adults switching into a career as an electrician inside the Austin 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.

Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX electricians earn a median of $59,040 (BLS OEWS Austin MSA, May 2024). For Texas context, statewide pay runs from $17/hr at entry to $30/hr at the state median and $45/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $62K avg salary. The Austin metro is a top-50 U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.

In the Austin metro, estimated six-figure electrician jobs: ~131 of 6.2K (~2.1%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. ACS 2024 5-year PUMS estimates ~737 $100K+ annual earners (~12% of employed electricians, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 70/100 (High, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 757K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: Texas shows ~1.2K of 72K (~1.7%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.

Statewide electrician programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Texas 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: Texas rules apply in the Austin 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. electrician apprenticeship sites cluster within a 45-60 minute drive of the Austin core; smaller employers may sponsor at the regional level when no in-metro slot is open.

ELECTRICIAN PAY SNAPSHOT — AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK-GEORGETOWN, TX

$59,040 (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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