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Electrician Training (Certificate) Programs in New Jersey, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 5 programs report first-year pay
  • 5 also report federal debt
  • Certificate in Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median New Jersey electrician training certificate program pays its graduates $28,945 in their first year, $10,049 less than the national median. Pennco Tech-Blackwood reports the highest first-year pay ($33,390), and Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS the lowest median debt ($6,179).

Median first-year pay$28,945National $38,994
Median pay after 5 years$37,560National $50,941
Median federal debt$9,500National $9,250
Debt-to-earnings30%National 22%

All 5 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

Debt and first-year pay at every New Jersey electrician training program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New Jersey medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Pennco Tech-Blackwood$33,390
  2. Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin$31,480
  3. Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences$28,945
  4. Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS$28,266
  5. National Career Institute$22,597

Lowest median debt

  1. Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS$6,179
  2. National Career Institute$6,756
  3. Pennco Tech-Blackwood$9,500
  4. Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences$10,070
  5. Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin$14,587

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS22%
  2. Pennco Tech-Blackwood28%
  3. National Career Institute30%
  4. Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences35%
  5. Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin46%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

What electricians earn in New Jersey

Pay for electricians in New Jersey, across all experience levels, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Electricians

$77,250

Median pay in New Jersey. 13,520 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $48,570Top 10%: $130,860

Common questions

Pennco Tech-Blackwood in Blackwood reports the highest median first-year pay, $33,390. Its median federal debt is $9,500.

Related pages

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.
  • Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New Jersey rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the electrician training certificate programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024