Electrician Jobs in Sumner, Maine
1 Electrician job hiring now in Sumner, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Electrician work in Sumner, Maine
Electricians install, repair and inspect wiring, panels, lighting and controls in homes, commercial buildings and industrial plants, working to the National Electrical Code. Sumner is in Oxford County, whose county seat is Paris and whose population was 57,777 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every electrician opening in Oxford County, not only those in Sumner itself.
8.4% of occupied homes in Oxford County heat mainly with electricity, 58% still with fuel oil, the median home was built in 1977 and 22.9% 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.
- Newry is home to Sunday River Ski Resort.
- Rumford is home to ND Paper's Rumford Mill and the Black Mountain of Maine ski area.
- Spruce Mountain Wind Farm is one of three wind farms in Oxford County.
- Hospitals in the county are Stephens Hospital in Norway and Rumford Hospital.
What electrician work pays around Sumner
The 1 verified TradeHire posting on this page offers from $36.00 up to $39.00 an hour, as entered by the employers.
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).