Pay by country

Electrician pay, country by country.

One method for every bar: live ads, medians, the sample behind each number. Annual compares to annual, hourly to hourly — never mixed.

Advertised annual salary

Careerjet ads showing pay · median of advertised ranges · bars £-converted for scale, ECB 2026-08-04 · bars start at zero

Australia

A$104,500/yr ≈ £54,646n=12small sample

Ireland

€55,000/yr ≈ £47,101n=12small sample

£42,015/yr ≈ £42,015n=40

Advertised hourly rate

Careerjet ads showing pay · median of advertised ranges · bars £-converted for scale, ECB 2026-08-04 · bars start at zero

Australia

A$62.50/hr ≈ £32.68n=13small sample

Ireland

€27.50/hr ≈ £23.55n=12small sample

Canada

C$43.69/hr ≈ £23.11n=24small sample

New Zealand

NZ$38.00/hr ≈ £16.63n=10small sample

Benchmarks — different measures, so they sit beside the chart, not in it:

UK · Adzuna guide: £48,939/yr — advertised annual MEAN, 27,245 salary-bearing ads
Australia · Adzuna guide: A$118,025/yr — advertised annual MEAN, 861 salary-bearing ads
UK · ONS official: full-time “Electricians and electrical fitters” earned a median £39,600 in 2025 — earned pay runs below advertised offers.

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Every bar: Careerjet live ads, one method — typed salary fields honoured and band-validated, URL-deduplicated, MEDIAN of advertised range midpoints, minimum 10 pay-bearing ads. Periods never mixed: annual compares to annual, hourly to hourly. Dubai monthly ads annualise ×12 (calendar arithmetic, no hours assumptions). Cells that fail to fetch are excluded, never guessed.
The £ column uses ECB reference rates via frankfurter.app, 2026-08-04 · AED via the 3.6725/USD peg · a currency conversion, NOT a purchasing-power or cost-of-living comparison.
Tax and living costs differ wildly — a bigger number abroad is not automatically a better life.

All comparisons The Hidden Pay Index

Data refreshed 2026-08-05.

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Electrician pay, country by country.

One method for every bar: live ads, medians, the sample behind each number. Annual compares to annual, hourly to hourly — never mixed.

Advertised annual salary

Careerjet ads showing pay · median of advertised ranges · bars £-converted for scale, ECB 2026-08-04 · bars start at zero

Australia

A$104,500/yr ≈ £54,646n=12small sample

Ireland

€55,000/yr ≈ £47,101n=12small sample

£42,015/yr ≈ £42,015n=40

Advertised hourly rate

Careerjet ads showing pay · median of advertised ranges · bars £-converted for scale, ECB 2026-08-04 · bars start at zero

Australia

A$62.50/hr ≈ £32.68n=13small sample

Ireland

€27.50/hr ≈ £23.55n=12small sample

Canada

C$43.69/hr ≈ £23.11n=24small sample

New Zealand

NZ$38.00/hr ≈ £16.63n=10small sample

Benchmarks — different measures, so they sit beside the chart, not in it:

UK · Adzuna guide: £48,939/yr — advertised annual MEAN, 27,245 salary-bearing ads
Australia · Adzuna guide: A$118,025/yr — advertised annual MEAN, 861 salary-bearing ads
UK · ONS official: full-time “Electricians and electrical fitters” earned a median £39,600 in 2025 — earned pay runs below advertised offers.

Read this honestly

Every bar: Careerjet live ads, one method — typed salary fields honoured and band-validated, URL-deduplicated, MEDIAN of advertised range midpoints, minimum 10 pay-bearing ads. Periods never mixed: annual compares to annual, hourly to hourly. Dubai monthly ads annualise ×12 (calendar arithmetic, no hours assumptions). Cells that fail to fetch are excluded, never guessed.
The £ column uses ECB reference rates via frankfurter.app, 2026-08-04 · AED via the 3.6725/USD peg · a currency conversion, NOT a purchasing-power or cost-of-living comparison.
Tax and living costs differ wildly — a bigger number abroad is not automatically a better life.

All comparisons The Hidden Pay Index

Data refreshed 2026-08-05.