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Electrician schools in New Jersey
New Jersey has 11 accredited campuses awarding electrician credentials. If you finish and work as an electrician in New Jersey, expect to start around $48,570–$62,400 and reach a median of $77,250 with experience; the top quarter earn $121,110 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, New Jersey). Graduates of these New Jersey programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $29,885 in their first year, against $34,710 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What electricians earn in New Jersey
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 13,520 employed in New Jersey. National median: $63,190.
Campuses in New Jersey, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BlackwoodCherry HillEast OrangeHackensackMahwahPatersonScotch PlainsToms RiverUnionWestampton
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Union | Union | for-profit | 457 | $33,344 | $12,445 | 75% | $31,694 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah | Mahwah | for-profit | 207 | $33,344 | $12,445 | 79% | $33,182 |
| Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS | Hackensack | Public | 20 | $31,420 | $5,016 | 91% | $15,891 |
| Pennco Tech-Blackwood | Blackwood | for-profit | 195 | $28,351 | $9,500 | 73% | $27,966 |
| Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences | Paterson | for-profit | 78 | $24,685 | $9,500 | 81% | $28,674 |
| National Career Institute | East Orange | for-profit | 15 | $18,366 | $6,756 | 56% | $28,707 |
| Union County Vocational Technical School | Scotch Plains | Public | 22 | not reported | not reported | 99% | $11,426 |
| American Institute-Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill | for-profit | 16 | not reported | not reported | 56% | $26,431 |
| Ocean County Vocational-Technical School | Toms River | Public | 11 | not reported | not reported | 65% | $17,400 |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education | Westampton | Public | 8 | not reported | not reported | 84% | not reported |
| American Institute-Toms River | Toms River | for-profit | 3 | not reported | not reported | 55% | $24,796 |
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.