Electrician Jobs in Somerville, Maine
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Electrician work in Somerville, Maine
Electricians install, repair and inspect wiring, panels, lighting and controls in homes, commercial buildings and industrial plants, working to the National Electrical Code. Somerville is in Lincoln County, whose county seat is Wiscasset and whose population was 35,237 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every electrician opening in Lincoln County, not only those in Somerville itself.
8.5% of occupied homes in Lincoln County heat mainly with electricity, 56.5% still with fuel oil, the median home was built in 1978 and 26.1% 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.
- LincolnHealth's Miles Campus hospital (MaineHealth) is in Damariscotta.
- Wiscasset was home to Maine Yankee, the state's only nuclear power plant, which was decommissioned and dismantled between 1997 and 2005.
- Wiscasset averages about 7,232 heating degree days a year (1991-2020 NOAA normals).
What electrician work pays around Somerville
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 estimates) counts electricians in the Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area area at 650 jobs with a median wage of $37.36 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.
Licenses employers ask for
- Maine's Electricians' Examining Board issues Master, Limited, Journeyman, Apprentice, Helper and Journeyman-in-Training electrician licenses (with Senior versions of master, limited, journeyman and helper for licensees over 70).
- A helper electrician makes installations while employed by a master electrician, limited electrician or electrical company and under the direct supervision of a master, journeyman or limited electrician; the license fee is $25.