Chicago, IL · Electricians
Electricians in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 2,079 electrical contractors in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 26,242 people with $2.5 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
2,079
4th most of 387 US metro areas
26,242
12.6 per business, against 13.0 across all metros
$2.5 billion
$95,217 per employee
79%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
-1.0%
in the number of businesses (2,100 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for electrical contractors, 4th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 12.6 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $95,217 per employee a year, against $77,600.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Electricians in Chicago
How many electrical contractors are there in Chicago?
2,079 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 26,242 people and paid $2.5 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for electricians growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 2,100 to 2,079 (-1.0%).
What does VERA do for electricians in Chicago?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Chicago 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.
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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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