San Diego, CA · Electricians
Electricians in San Diego, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 958 electrical contractors in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 15,074 people with $1.3 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
958
16th most of 387 US metro areas
15,074
15.7 per business, against 13.0 across all metros
$1.3 billion
$87,281 per employee
80%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
+6.4%
in the number of businesses (900 in 2022)
What the numbers say about San Diego.
- San Diego is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of electrical contractors, 16th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 15.7 employees each, against 13.0 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $87,281 per employee a year, against $77,600.
- The market grew: 58 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Electricians in San Diego
How many electrical contractors are there in San Diego?
958 in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 15,074 people and paid $1.3 billion in annual payroll.
Is the San Diego market for electricians growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 900 to 958 (+6.4%).
What does VERA do for electricians in San Diego?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a San Diego 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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