Philadelphia, PA · Electricians
Electricians in Philadelphia, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,496 electrical contractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 16,420 people with $1.4 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,496
7th most of 387 US metro areas
16,420
11.0 per business, against 13.0 across all metros
$1.4 billion
$87,855 per employee
78%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
-2.0%
in the number of businesses (1,526 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for electrical contractors, 7th of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 11.0 employees each, against 13.0 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $87,855 per employee a year, against $77,600.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Electricians in Philadelphia
How many electrical contractors are there in Philadelphia?
1,496 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 16,420 people and paid $1.4 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Philadelphia market for electricians growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,526 to 1,496 (-2.0%).
What does VERA do for electricians in Philadelphia?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Philadelphia 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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