Industry · NAICS 23821

Electrical contractors and wiring installation

The United States has 83,342 employer establishments in electrical contractors and wiring installation (2.5 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,015,983 people at an average annual pay of $76,545, plus 171,644 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
83,342
171,644 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
2.5
Paid employees
1,015,983
Average annual pay
$76,545

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Electrical contractors and wiring installation by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680716,2400.60.25×149$79,63131
2Dothan, AL153,6721212,8060.80.32×140$64,48660
3Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,9063811,2870.90.36×354$41,500546
4Johnstown, PA130,5901210,8830.90.37×198$71,37445
5Richmond-Berea, KY127,6241210,6350.90.38×76$50,42195
6McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0968510,6010.90.38×822$45,7461,923
7State College, PA158,7391510,5830.90.38×127$62,74060
8Wheeling, WV-OH135,6901310,43810.39×198$72,82325
9Lima, OH100,8101010,08110.40×234$75,21822
10Corbin, KY149,593159,97310.41×154$182,14389
11Ann Arbor, MI367,845389,68010.42×749$90,09272
12Hattiesburg, MS156,109179,1831.10.44×167$58,497105
13Laredo, TX271,942318,7721.10.46×325$47,237283
14Columbus, GA-AL323,962378,7561.10.46×696$44,576102
15Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,889188,4381.20.48×353$46,27235
16Merced, CA294,319358,4091.20.48×191$64,64965
17Warner Robins, GA200,730248,3641.20.48×123$46,707113
18Watertown-Fort Drum, NY113,280148,0911.20.50×101$76,00037
19Bay City, MI102,693137,8991.30.51×254$71,32325
20El Centro, CA180,683237,8561.30.51×209$69,47494
21Anniston-Oxford, AL116,341157,7561.30.52×145$55,66960
22Kenosha, WI167,852227,6301.30.53×143$70,65044
23Pottsville, PA143,892197,5731.30.53×134$57,00775
24Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA181,422247,5591.30.53×218$59,13844
25Ithaca, NY104,453147,4611.30.54×202$76,28721

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $619.4M on contracts under NAICS 23821 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (2,501 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$128.9M21%
    276 awards
  2. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$37.9M6.1%
    19 awards
  3. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$29.2M4.7%
    11 awards
  4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$24.3M3.9%
    47 awards
  5. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$13.1M2.1%
    4 awards
  6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$13M2.1%
    63 awards
  7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$12M1.9%
    40 awards
  8. Marion-Herrin, IL$11.6M1.9%
    3 awards
  9. Oklahoma City, OK$11.3M1.8%
    52 awards
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$10.8M1.7%
    30 awards

Counties

  1. Arlington County, VA$81.2M13%
    7 awards
  2. Harris County, TX$37.9M6.1%
    17 awards
  3. District of Columbia, DC$30.8M5.0%
    168 awards
  4. Bronx County, NY$19.5M3.1%
    3 awards
  5. Multnomah County, OR$14.8M2.4%
    3 awards
  6. Clark County, WA$14.2M2.3%
    4 awards
  7. Wayne County, WV$13M2.1%
    2 awards
  8. San Diego County, CA$12M1.9%
    40 awards
  9. Williamson County, IL$11.6M1.9%
    3 awards
  10. Oklahoma County, OK$11.2M1.8%
    49 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Arlington CDP, VA$81.2M13%
    7 awards
  2. Houston city, TX$37.7M6.1%
    15 awards
  3. Washington city, DC$30.8M5.0%
    168 awards
  4. New York city, NY$21.5M3.5%
    22 awards
  5. Portland city, OR$14.8M2.4%
    2 awards
  6. Oklahoma City city, OK$10.9M1.8%
    47 awards
  7. Vancouver city, WA$9.9M1.6%
    4 awards
  8. Richmond city, VA$9.2M1.5%
    2 awards
  9. San Diego city, CA$7.4M1.2%
    25 awards
  10. Little Rock city, AR$7M1.1%
    3 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)