New York, NY · Electricians

Electricians in New York, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 5,781 electrical contractors in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area in 2023, employing 58,886 people with $4.8 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

5,781

1st most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

58,886

10.2 per business, against 13.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$4.8 billion

$82,341 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

80%

of businesses, against 76% across all metros

Change since 2022

-0.2%

in the number of businesses (5,795 in 2022)

What the numbers say about New York.

  • New York is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for electrical contractors, 1st of 387.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 10.2 employees each, against 13.0 across all metros.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps electricians in New York.

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Questions

Electricians in New York

How many electrical contractors are there in New York?

5,781 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 58,886 people and paid $4.8 billion in annual payroll.

Is the New York market for electricians growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 5,795 to 5,781 (-0.2%).

What does VERA do for electricians in New York?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a New York 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 New York 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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