Electrician
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Electrician degree recipients are Elizabethtown, KY, Chicago, IL, and Indianapolis city (balance), IN. The locations with a relatively high number of Electrician degree recipients are . The most common degree awarded to students studying Electrician is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Electrician and the types of students that study this field. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College awards the most degrees in Electrician in the US, but Independent Training & Apprenticeship Program and Milan Institute-Bakersfield West have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Electrician.
Tuition costs for Electrician majors are, on average, $3,104 for in-state public colleges, and $7,080 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Electrician programs are Public, 2-year institutions (314 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (11,338 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Electrician, is Public, 2-year (11,338 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Electrician programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College has the most Electrician degree recipients, with 918 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Electrician.
Out of all institutions that offer Electrician programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Independent Training & Apprenticeship Program has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Electrician, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Electrician by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Electrician.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Construction graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Construction majors is $98,202 and the most common occupations are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
The industry that employs the most Construction majors is Construction, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Spectator sports.
The average salary for Construction majors is $98,202 and the most common occupations are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Construction majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Construction majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Construction majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Construction majors, by number of employees, are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Construction majors working as Construction managers, Cost estimators, and Civil engineers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Construction majors are Chief executives & legislators, Coaches and scouts, and Personal financial advisors.
The number of Construction graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.28%, from 109,928 in 2019 to 114,634 in 2020.
The largest single share of Construction graduates go on to work as Construction managers (29%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Construction by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Construction majors, by number of employees, are Construction, Architectural, engineering & related services, and Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers.
The highest paying industries of Construction majors, by average wage, are Spectator sports, Lumber & other construction materials merchant wholesalers, and Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities.
The number of Construction graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.28%, from 109,928 in 2019 to 114,634 in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Construction graduates by share is Construction, followed by Architectural, engineering & related services. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Construction.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Construction majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Construction majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Construction in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Construction is 40.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Male employees are more likely to hold Construction degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Construction (10,511 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Construction. The most common ages of employees with this major are 32 and 34 years old, which represent 4.13% and 3.84% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Electrician are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Construction are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Electrician.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Electrician for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Electrician. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Ireland that hold Construction degrees (14.2 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (934 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Electrician field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Electrician majors need many skills, but most especially Coordination. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Electrician majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Electrician majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Selection is very distinctive for majors, but the Coordination, Speaking, and Management of Personnel Resources are the three most important skills for people in the field.