Albany, NY · Electricians

Electricians in Albany, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 235 electrical contractors in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,664 people with $225.2 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

235

61st most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

2,664

11.3 per business, against 13.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$225.2 million

$84,549 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

74%

of businesses, against 76% across all metros

Change since 2022

-2.5%

in the number of businesses (241 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Albany.

  • Albany ranks 61st of 387 US metro areas by number of electrical contractors.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 11.3 employees.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $84,549 per employee a year, against $77,600.
  • The count fell by 6 businesses since 2022.

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Questions

Electricians in Albany

How many electrical contractors are there in Albany?

235 in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,664 people and paid $225.2 million in annual payroll.

Is the Albany market for electricians growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 241 to 235 (-2.5%).

What does VERA do for electricians in Albany?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Albany business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Electricians in other markets

Other Albany markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is electrical contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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