How To Become A Stage Electrician: What It Is and Career Path

What is a stage electrician and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

2 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a stage electrician. For example, did you know that they make an average of $22.93 an hour? That's $47,690 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 7% and produce 50,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreStage ElectricianUS Average

Salary

3.7

Avg. Salary $47,690

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

7.6

Growth rate 7%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

8.4

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.81%

Asian 1.96%

Black or African American 5.15%

Hispanic or Latino 16.10%

Unknown 4.11%

White 71.86%

Gender

female 13.95%

male 86.05%

Age - 41

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 41

Stress level

7.6

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

6.8

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance

5.5

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a stage electrician

Explore stage electrician education requirements

Most common stage electrician degrees

Bachelor's

76.7 %

Associate

13.3 %

High School Diploma

3.3 %

Start to develop specific stage electrician skills

Skills	Percentages
Audio Equipment	51.17%
Electrical Equipment	48.83%

Complete relevant stage electrician training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 4-10 years on post-employment, on-the-job training. New stage electricians learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a stage electrician based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real stage electrician resumes.

Obtain the necessary licensing

Becoming a licensed stage electrician usually doesn't require a college degree. However, you need to pass an exam to become a licensed stage electrician in most of states. 25 states require stage electricians to have license for their work. You can see the list of states below.

State	Education	Exam	License url
Alabama	-	State exam required	Licensed Journeyman Electrician
Alaska	-	State exam required	Electrical Worker
Arkansas	-	Third-party exam required	Journeyman Electrician
Colorado	-	State exam required	Journeyman Electrician
Hawaii	Degree required	State exam required	Electrician

Research stage electrician duties and responsibilities

Remove, analyze, identify issue install properly working pressure transducers, effectively accomplishing priorities to go underway.
Perform electrical/mechanical maintenance and monitoring of foundry relate equipment including sand mold lines, induction furnaces, and cranes.
Perform electrical/mechanical maintenance and monitoring of foundry relate equipment including sand mold lines, induction furnaces, and cranes.

Prepare your stage electrician resume

When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your stage electrician resume.

You can use Zippia's AI resume builder to make the resume writing process easier while also making sure that you include key information that hiring managers expect to see on a stage electrician resume. You'll find resume tips and examples of skills, responsibilities, and summaries, all provided by Zippi, your career sidekick.

Choose from 10+ customizable stage electrician resume templates

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Apply for stage electrician jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a stage electrician job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

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Stage electrician reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2022

Cons

Retarded trades who think they are special. They don't realise to be an electrician requires superior brain power, something they can only dream about. Hence the continual flapping of their gums trying to make us believe their dull useless lives are interesting.

Pros

Nothing? Its the worst job on site and you have to put up with working with uneducated divs. And thats just the management.