Government incentives meant to help consumers electrify have many electricians booked several months out and struggling to find enough workers to keep up with demand
America is trying to install electric-car chargers, heat pumps and other gear deemed essential to address climate change, but the installers are in short supplyElectricians, essential workers in the transition to renewable energy, are busy and getting harder to hire. Demand for green products is surging and many electricians are struggling to keep up.
The 48-year-old brought on two apprentices last year and has seen the price of an average job rise to roughly $20,000 from about $16,000 two years ago due to rising raw materials, equipment and labor prices. The current total of more than 700,000 electricians in the U.S. is expected to grow about 7% over the next decade, slightly faster than the nationwide average of 5%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The shift to renewable energy and the need to update electrical systems is expected to drive that growth.
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