Side by side
Electrician vs Technician
Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit under 1% apart. There is 1.8× more demand for Electrician. Technician is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 7.7%. Listings for Technician move faster — median age 54 days against 85.
Comparison
Side by side
| Measure | Electrician | Technician | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open postings | 38,888 | 21,258 | +17,630 |
| Posted this week | 3,153 | 558 | |
| Median salary | $63,000 | $63,500 | $-500 |
| 25th percentile | $50k | $50k | |
| 75th percentile | $78k | $78.5k | |
| Salary disclosed | 4.7% | 7.5% | |
| Remote share | 4.0% | 11.7% | -7.7pp |
| Median age of posting | 85d | 54d | |
| Open over 60 days | 51.2% | 33.7% | |
| Visa sponsorship | 16.7% | 17.3% |
Pay
Pay distribution
Electrician
$28k$109k
Technician
$29k$110k
Freshness
How old the listings are
Electrician
just posted85d median90d+
Technician
just posted54d median90d+
Demand
What each side asks for
Electrician — technologies
Technician — technologies
Electrician — employers
Technician — employers
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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the
absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure
rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.