Which electrician training associate's program pays the most?

Pierpont Community and Technical College in West Virginia reports the highest first-year pay of the 37 programs ranked here, $99,033.

How much debt do electrician training associate's graduates have?

The median program leaves its graduates with $12,000 in federal debt. Across programs, the median debt is 28% of first-year pay.

Highest-Paying Electrician Training (Associate's) Programs in the US

41 programs report first-year pay
1 state ranking
Associate's in Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median electrician training associate's program in the US pays its graduates $49,124 in their first year and $61,338 five years after. Pennsylvania is the only state with enough programs to rank, with a median of $43,129. The median program leaves its graduates with $12,000 in federal debt.

Median first-year pay$49,124Across 41 programs

Median pay after 5 years$61,338Across 49 programs

Median federal debt$12,000Across 32 programs

Debt-to-earnings28%Across 31 programs

All 37 programs, ranked by graduate pay

Each program is ranked by the median pay of its graduates one year after they finished, from College Scorecard. This measures what graduates earn, not how good the teaching is. Pay also depends on where graduates live and work. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	After cost of living	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Pierpont Community and Technical CollegeFairmont, WV · public	$99,033	$110,655	$131,521	Not reported	Not reported
2	Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, PA · public	$95,230	$97,600	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
3	Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, IN · public	$80,734	$86,505	$91,485	$10,262	13%
4	Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, TX · public	$76,445	$78,763	$102,991	$11,668	15%
5	Richmond Community CollegeHamlet, NC · public	$73,774	$78,212	$107,733	$11,000	15%
6	Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, NE · public	$64,751	$71,863	$94,902	$12,350	19%
7	Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, KY · public	$64,748	$71,815	$74,365	$6,950	11%
8	Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, MO · public	$62,177	$68,464	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
9	Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, MS · public	$61,039	$70,198	$62,676	Not reported	Not reported
10	Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, NE · public	$59,177	$65,677	$81,805	$12,000	20%
11	Pratt Community CollegePratt, KS · public	$57,325	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
12	Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, ND · public	$57,065	$64,148	Not reported	$7,832	14%
13	Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, KY · public	$55,533	$61,595	$76,975	$7,338	13%
14	State Technical College of MissouriLinn, MO · public	$54,080	$59,548	$81,001	$12,000	22%
15	Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, MN · public	$53,566	$54,315	$64,861	$12,947	24%
16	SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, LA · public	$52,083	$59,046	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
17	Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA · public	$51,595	$52,879	$74,724	$12,000	23%
18	Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, SD · public	$49,794	$56,210	$70,793	$12,000	24%
19	Johnson CollegeScranton, PA · private nonprofit	$49,124	$50,346	$72,194	$15,500	32%
20	Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, NY · public	$49,095	$45,492	$73,989	$11,973	24%
21	Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, MN · private nonprofit	$47,888	$48,558	$61,338	$14,966	31%
22	Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, MN · public	$47,723	$48,390	$80,781	$12,000	25%
23	Kennebec Valley Community CollegeFairfield, ME · public	$46,119	$47,521	$59,498	$12,250	27%
24	Northwest Technical CollegeBemidji, MN · public	$44,727	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
25	SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, NY · public	$42,278	$39,175	$67,327	$12,000	28%
26	Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, SD · public	$41,303	Not adjusted	Not reported	$12,548	30%
27	Robeson Community CollegeLumberton, NC · public	$40,495	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
28	Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainNew Britain, CT · private for-profit	$40,219	$38,818	Not reported	$19,858	49%
29	San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, CA · private for-profit	$39,410	$35,594	Not reported	$18,956	48%
30	Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, AL · public	$39,314	$44,261	$57,252	Not reported	Not reported
31	Lincoln Technical Institute-IselinIselin, NJ · private for-profit	$37,554	$34,515	Not reported	$17,013	45%
32	Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburgh, PA · private nonprofit	$37,133	$38,057	$51,557	$16,000	43%
33	New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, PA · private for-profit	$36,826	Not adjusted	$51,196	$12,000	33%
34	Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, PA · public	$36,532	Not adjusted	$50,050	$15,938	44%
35	Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, KY · public	$32,115	$35,620	Not reported	$10,250	32%
36	Lincoln College of Technology-IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN · private for-profit	$31,517	$33,770	Not reported	$16,314	52%
37	West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, KY · public	$27,930	$30,979	$56,850	Not reported	Not reported

Pay after cost of living divides first-year pay by the Bureau of Economic Analysis price level of the school's state, where the US average is 100. It is shown for 31 programs where at least half of the graduates who work are working in the school's state. The other 6, whose graduates mostly work in other states or whose state has no price level, are listed last when you sort by it.

10 programs report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay.

College Scorecard withholds pay for programs with too few graduates, to protect their privacy, so those programs can't be ranked. 4 more programs report pay but aren't listed, because College Scorecard's school file doesn't name their schools. The national medians above still count them.

Electrician Training (Associate's) programs by state

Each row is the median across the state's electrician training associate's programs. State names link to the full ranking of that state's programs.

State	Programs	Year 1 pay	Debt
Pennsylvania	6	$43,129	$15,500

Programs in 19 more states and territories report pay, but too few to rank. A state ranking needs at least five programs that report both pay and debt.

Quick picks nationwide

Lowest median debt

Pennsylvania College of Technology, PA$12,000
New Castle School of Trades, PA$12,000
Johnson College, PA$15,500
Harrisburg Area Community College, PA$15,938
Rosedale Technical College, PA$16,000

Lowest debt for the pay

Pennsylvania College of Technology, PA23%
Johnson College, PA32%
New Castle School of Trades, PA33%
Rosedale Technical College, PA43%
Harrisburg Area Community College, PA44%

Only the 5 programs with their own page here are included. "Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay.

What electricians earn

Pay for electricians across the US, across all experience levels, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Electricians

$63,190

Median pay in the US. 757,220 people work in this job in the US. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 72,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.

Bottom 10%: $42,640Top 10%: $108,510

Common questions

The median electrician training associate's program in the US pays its graduates $49,124 in their first year and $61,338 five years after. Electricians earn a median of $63,190 across all experience levels.

Electrician Training (Certificate) programs in the US, ranked143 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Medians are across programs, not students: each program counts once, however many graduates it has.
National medians include every program in the 50 states, DC, and US territories, including schools that have since closed. Schools with several campuses that report one combined figure are counted once.
Programs are ranked by College Scorecard median pay one year after graduation. Pay after cost of living uses the price level of the school's state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025. Price levels are the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities for 2024.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024