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Electrician Prevailing Wage Rates in Wisconsin (2026)

Electricians on prevailing wage projects in Wisconsin are paid $28.66 to $78.41 per hour, with a median total of $51.25 across the 50 determination records listed below. That total is base rate plus fringe benefits; the median base rate is $31.17, and among the 39 records listing a fringe separately the median fringe is $20.08. Rates differ by county, construction type and funding source, so use the row that matches your project.

Lowest listed$28.66per hour, total
Median listed$51.25 median base $31.17 · median fringe $20.08
Highest listed$78.41per hour, total
Records shown50 across 37 counties

Figures above are computed over the 50 hourly records in the table below, which is the first page of a larger set. They are not a statewide average of all electricians in Wisconsin. Most recent determination in this set: May 18, 2026.

How much do electricians earn on prevailing wage jobs in Wisconsin?

Every row below is one wage determination line: a electrician classification, in one county, for one construction type, under one funding source. The rate that applies to your project is the row whose county, construction type and funding source all match it — a Highway rate does not apply to a Building project in the same county, and a state determination does not substitute for a federal one.

ClassificationCountyConstruction typeFundingBaseFringeTotal
ElectricianOzaukeeResidential#federal$33.00$14.97 $47.97
ElectricianWashingtonResidential#federal$33.00$14.97 $47.97
ElectricianEau-ClaireResidential#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
ElectricianLa-CrosseResidential#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
ElectricianPierceResidential#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
ElectricianSt-CroixResidential#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
ElectricianColumbiaResidential#federal$34.81$20.72 $55.53
ElectricianDaneResidential#federal$34.81$20.72 $55.53
ElectricianIowaResidential#federal$34.81$20.72 $55.53
ElectricianBrownResidential#federal$19.62$10.72 $30.34
ElectricianKewauneeResidential#federal$19.62$10.72 $30.34
ElectricianOcontoResidential#federal$19.62$10.72 $30.34
ElectricianWinnebagoResidential#federal$41.76$23.65 $65.41
ElectricianWaukeshaResidential#federal$33.00$14.97 $47.97
ElectricianSheboyganResidential#federal$33.00$14.97 $47.97
ElectricianRockResidential#federal$28.65$14.54 $43.19
ElectricianRacineResidential#federal$33.87$18.32 $52.19
Electrician (That Portion of Burlington Township from the Fox River to the West Boundary of Burlington Township and from 1 1/2 Miles South of the North Boundary of Burlington Township to 3 1/2 Miles North of the South Boundary of Burlington Township.)RacineResidential#federal$28.65$14.54 $43.19
ElectricianMilwaukeeResidential#federal$33.00$14.97 $47.97
ElectricianKenoshaResidential#federal$50.01$28.40 $78.41
ElectricianChippewaResidential#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
ElectricianBuffaloResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianClarkResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianCrawfordResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianDunnResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianGrantResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianJacksonResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianPepinResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianRichlandResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianTrempealeauResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianVernonResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianRuskResidential#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
ElectricianMonroeResidential#federal$28.66— $28.66
ElectricianAshlandResidential#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
ElectricianBrownBuilding#federal$42.00$23.93 $65.93
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)BrownBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
ElectricianPierceBuilding#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)PierceBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
ElectricianSt-CroixBuilding#federal$44.29$25.21 $69.50
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)St-CroixBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians:RockBuilding#federal$43.65$23.59 $67.24
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)RockBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)AdamsBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)AshlandBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)BarronBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)BayfieldBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)BuffaloBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)BurnettBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)ClarkBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25
Electricians: Teledata System Installer/Technician. Low Voltage Construction, Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Teledata Facilities (Voice, Data, and Video)Including Outside Plant, Telephone and Data Inside Wire, Interconnect, Terminal Equipment, Central Offices, Pabx, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment, Micro Waves, V-sat, Bypass, Catv, Wan (Wide Area Networks), Lan (Local Area Networks), and Isdn (Integrated Systems Digital Network)ColumbiaBuilding#federal$31.17$20.08 $51.25

WageFinder holds more electrician records for Wisconsin than fit on this page. Open a county below, or search all Wisconsin electricians.

What does the electrician classification cover?

Electricians install, alter and repair the electrical systems of a project — service entrances, feeders, branch circuits, panelboards, conduit and wiring devices. On Davis-Bacon work the electrician rate is usually one of the highest non-supervisory rates on the determination, and it is frequently split between inside wiremen and outside line construction, which are separate classifications with separate rates.

Work typically covered

  • Conduit and raceway
  • Service and distribution equipment
  • Branch circuit wiring
  • Fire alarm and low voltage
  • Temporary power

Also listed as

  • Inside Wireman
  • Electrician (Lineman)
  • Electrical Worker

In this Wisconsin result set the work appears under 4 distinct classification names.

Electrician rates by county in Wisconsin

Prevailing wage is set county by county. These are the Wisconsin counties with electrician records in the set above — open one to see every classification on that county's determination, not just this trade.

Adams CountyElectrician ratesAshland CountyElectrician ratesBarron CountyElectrician ratesBayfield CountyElectrician ratesBrown CountyElectrician ratesBuffalo CountyElectrician ratesBurnett CountyElectrician ratesChippewa CountyElectrician ratesClark CountyElectrician ratesColumbia CountyElectrician ratesCrawford CountyElectrician ratesDane CountyElectrician ratesDunn CountyElectrician ratesEau-Claire CountyElectrician ratesGrant CountyElectrician ratesIowa CountyElectrician ratesJackson CountyElectrician ratesKenosha CountyElectrician ratesKewaunee CountyElectrician ratesLa-Crosse CountyElectrician ratesMilwaukee CountyElectrician ratesMonroe CountyElectrician ratesOconto CountyElectrician ratesOzaukee CountyElectrician ratesPepin CountyElectrician ratesPierce CountyElectrician ratesRacine CountyElectrician ratesRichland CountyElectrician ratesRock CountyElectrician ratesRusk CountyElectrician ratesSheboygan CountyElectrician ratesSt-Croix CountyElectrician ratesTrempealeau CountyElectrician ratesVernon CountyElectrician ratesWashington CountyElectrician ratesWaukesha CountyElectrician ratesWinnebago CountyElectrician rates

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Electrician prevailing wage questions

What is the prevailing wage for a electrician in Wisconsin?

Across the 50 federal-funded determination records WageFinder lists for electricians in Wisconsin, total prevailing wage runs from $28.66 to $78.41 per hour, median $51.25. There is no single statewide figure: each county's determination sets its own rate, and the same county can carry different rates for Building, Highway, Heavy and Residential work.

Does the electrician rate include benefits?

The total prevailing wage shown is the base hourly rate plus the fringe benefit rate. Of the 50 Wisconsin records on this page, 39 list a fringe amount separately, with a median of $20.08 per hour — roughly 39% of the median total. The rest list no separate fringe, meaning the base rate is the whole obligation. Fringe can be paid as bona fide benefit plan contributions, as cash added to the paycheck, or as a mix of both.

Which Wisconsin counties have electrician rates?

This page lists electrician records for 37 counties in Wisconsin: Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, and others. Determinations that apply statewide appear under a statewide entry rather than a named county.

How current are these Wisconsin electrician rates?

The most recent determination in this set is dated May 18, 2026. WageFinder re-reads the official sources weekly, but the date that matters for compliance is the determination date on the document itself, which is shown on every wage detail page and links back to the government source.

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