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What industrial electricians make
Journeyperson
$87,000
1st-year apprentice
$58,000
Senior, mine or auto plant
$112,000
Job Bank's national median is $42 an hour, about $87,000 a year full time. Unionized auto plants, mines, steel mills and oil sands operations pay at the top, often with shift premiums that push total pay past the high figure.