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Career Information for Electricians in Texas

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Fast Facts for Electricians in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Corpus Christi, Beaumont, and Odessa
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: McAllen, El Paso, and Lubbock
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth

Salaries for Electricians in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Beaumont, Wichita Falls, and Waco. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Electricians in Texas are listed below.

Selected Electrician Schools in Texas

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Everest Institute
Austin, Houston

Founded in 1851 as Duff's Business Institute, the school offers career education programs in 12 states with greater than 25 locations.

  • Programs: Electrical Technician, Electrician
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Kaplan College KHE
El Paso, McAllen, Midland

Kaplan College teaches students skills that have relevance in many fast-growing employment areas. Several forms of tuition assistance may be available for qualified enrollees.

  • Programs: Electrical Technician
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Electricians in Texas

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Electrician, Electrician Training
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Electrician
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Texas Electrician Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Brazosport CollegeLake JacksonBachelor3,753
Coastal Bend CollegeBeevilleAssociate3,196
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Laredo Community CollegeLaredoAssociate7,831
Lee CollegeBaytownAssociate5,856
North Lake CollegeIrvingAssociate9,835
South Texas CollegeMcAllenBachelor19,827
St Philips CollegeSan AntonioAssociate9,256
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaAssociate4,439
Texas State Technical College WacoWacoAssociate4,210

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Electricians

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Electricians

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Electricians relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

TEXAS

   
Corpus Christi1,680$38,6702.1
Beaumont1,410$46,0601.9
Odessa430$40,4501.8
Sherman240$37,0101.5
College Station480$31,6901.4
Abilene330$41,0901.2
Houston15,570$41,6801.2
Fort Worth4,510$41,4701.1
Texarkana230$40,2301
Longview410$39,7101
Midland280$39,0501
Killeen520$37,0601
Amarillo420$42,9600.9
San Angelo150$36,4300.9
San Antonio3,660$36,5300.9
Waco340$43,2500.8
Brownsville390$26,5100.7
Tyler270$34,2200.7
Laredo230$28,4700.6
Dallas6,340$41,7500.6
Wichita Falls140$44,8700.6
Lubbock300$33,9600.5
El Paso650$36,4900.5
McAllen420$28,8100.4
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