Electrician Jobs in New Sweden, Maine
3 Electrician jobs hiring now in New Sweden, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Journeyman Electrician
Aroostook County, ME · Electrician · field
Journeyman Electrician position based in Aroostook County, ME. Full-Time role. Journeyman Electrician license required. 2 years of experience preferred. Works mix of both. Some supervision. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: sometimes. On-call 3 days/month at $50/day. 29 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $250/yr tool allowance. $250/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Limited Master Electrician
Aroostook County, ME · Electrician · field
Limited Electrician position based in Aroostook County, ME. Full-Time role. Limited Master Electrician license required. 2 years of experience preferred. Works mix of both. Minimal supervision. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: no. 34 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $350/yr tool allowance. $350/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Journeyman Electrician
Aroostook County, ME · Electrician · field
Electrician position based in Aroostook County, ME. Full-Time role. Journeyman Electrician license required. 2 years of experience preferred. Works mix of both. Some supervision. Rooftop work: never. Local daily driving. Weekend work: sometimes. 29 PTO days/year. Health insurance offered. Vision plan offered. Dental plan offered. 401(k) offered. $250/yr tool allowance. $250/yr boot allowance. Company vehicle provided.
Electrician work in New Sweden, Maine
Electricians install, repair and inspect wiring, panels, lighting and controls in homes, commercial buildings and industrial plants, working to the National Electrical Code. New Sweden is in Aroostook County, whose county seat is Houlton and whose population was 67,105 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every electrician opening in Aroostook County, not only those in New Sweden itself.
10.2% of occupied homes in Aroostook County heat mainly with electricity, 67.8% still with fuel oil, the median home was built in 1972 and 19.9% of units date from before 1940 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates). Older housing is where service upgrades, panel replacements and rewiring to current code come up most, and every heat pump or EV charger added to an existing home needs electrical capacity behind it.
- Aroostook County is known for potato farming and is a growing center for wind power.
- The county has hospitals in Presque Isle (Northern Light AR Gould), Caribou (Cary Medical Center), Houlton (Houlton Regional Hospital) and Fort Kent (Northern Maine Medical Center).
- Twin Rivers runs a large paper plant in Madawaska that gets pulp by pipeline from its sister mill across the border in Edmundston, New Brunswick.
- Caribou averages about 9,048 heating degree days a year and about 38 nights at or below 0°F (1991-2020 NOAA normals), so heating systems here work hard.
What electrician work pays around New Sweden
The 3 verified TradeHire postings on this page offer from $41.00 up to $49.50 an hour, as entered by the employers.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts electricians in the Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 260 jobs with a median wage of $35.50 an hour; statewide 3,780 jobs, a $36.24 median, and a range of $26.05 (10th percentile) to $55.63 (90th percentile). Check your own number with the trade wage calculator.