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Electrician schools in Alabama
Alabama has 10 accredited campuses awarding electrician credentials. If you finish and work as an electrician in Alabama, expect to start around $37,640–$46,120 and reach a median of $55,690 with experience; the top quarter earn $64,450 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Alabama). Graduates of these Alabama programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $35,191 in their first year, against $34,710 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What electricians earn in Alabama
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 10,900 employed in Alabama. National median: $63,190.
Campuses in Alabama, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BirminghamDeatsvilleDothanHuntsvilleJasperMobileMontgomeryMuscle ShoalsSelmaTuscaloosa
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bevill State Community College | Jasper | Public | 211 | $37,289 | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Shelton State Community College | Tuscaloosa | Public | 46 | $33,093 | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| J F Ingram State Technical College | Deatsville | Public | 127 | not reported | not reported | 21% | not reported |
| Northwest Shoals Community College | Muscle Shoals | Public | 59 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| George C Wallace Community College-Dothan | Dothan | Public | 25 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| George C Wallace State Community College-Selma | Selma | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | 41% | not reported |
| Bishop State Community College | Mobile | Public | 8 | not reported | not reported | 36% | not reported |
| Fortis Institute-Birmingham | Birmingham | for-profit | 8 | not reported | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community College | Montgomery | Public | 2 | not reported | not reported | 16% | not reported |
| J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College | Huntsville | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 14% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.