Electrician Jobs in Waldo, Maine
1 Electrician job hiring now in Waldo, Maine — verified TradeHire employers plus openings sourced from around the web.
Electrician work in Waldo, Maine
Electricians install, repair and inspect wiring, panels, lighting and controls in homes, commercial buildings and industrial plants, working to the National Electrical Code. Waldo is in Waldo County, whose county seat is Belfast and whose population was 39,607 in 2020. TradeHire shows postings at county level, so this page lists every electrician opening in Waldo County, not only those in Waldo itself.
11.2% of occupied homes in Waldo County heat mainly with electricity, 51.3% still with fuel oil, the median home was built in 1982 and 21.6% 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.
- Searsport is Maine's second-largest deep-water port, with a rail-served cargo terminal at Mack Point.
- Front Street Shipyard opened a major boatbuilding and repair yard on Belfast Bay in 2013.
- Waldo County General Hospital (MaineHealth) is in Belfast.
What electrician work pays around Waldo
The 1 verified TradeHire posting on this page offers from $52.00 up to $55.00 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).
- 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.