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Area I Inside Electrical JATC
A paid job with training. Your pay rises at each of 8 steps. You reach the journey rate after 8,000 hours on the job, about 4 years if you work full time.
Pay on day one
$21.54 an hour
About $860 a week at 40 hours. It's step 1 of 8.
Journey rate
$53.86 an hour
About $2,150 a week at 40 hours: the pay of a fully qualified worker, after 8,000 hours.
How you get in
From the program's standards, the document BOLI keeps for each program.
Watch for an opening
The program announces each opening at least 30 days ahead, with the date, time and place it takes applications. It takes them for at least 2 weeks.
Get an email when it opensApply with your papers
Pick up an application where the announcement says, and return it to the program's office by the deadline. Include proof of everything you want points for.
Its standards, with how to reach itGet scored and ranked
The program checks that you meet the rules below, then scores you out of 195 points. To be scored you need a math placement result at the level of a year of high school algebra, or proof of an algebra course in the last 12 months. You stay on the ranked list for 2 years.
How you're scoredGet picked by an employer
Each January the program moves people from the top of the ranked list to a ready-for-employment list. An employer hires you from that list, and you start work and classes.
Before you sign, ask about the full cost, which hours are paid and how the classes work. See the 10 questions
Who can apply
- You must be at least 18 when the program accepts you.
- You need a high school diploma with a GPA of 2.0 (C) or higher, or a GED with the score the standards set. College courses with a C or better can be averaged in to raise a lower GPA.
- You need 1 year of high school algebra with a C or better, or equivalent.
These are this program's rules, from its standards. Employers may also ask for a valid driver's license and a drug test. Oregon's rules for every electrical apprentice let you apply at 17 and be registered at 18, and also accept an international equivalent of a diploma, integrated math 2, or a community college math placement result at that level.
How your application is scored
The program ranks applicants by points: the more you have, the higher you are on its list. You only get points you can prove on paper, such as transcripts, course certificates, letters from employers on company letterhead or a DD-214.
| What earns points | Points |
|---|---|
| Your high school GPA15 points if you finished high school with a GPA of 3.5 or better. | 15 |
| Math and technical classesPoints for each class you passed, such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, drafting, blueprint reading, electronics, the electrical code or OSHA 10. Each class counts once, at your best grade, and each military certificate earns 1.High school A 2.5 · B 1.5 · C 0.5 · Pass 1College A 5 · B 3 · C 1 · Pass 2 | up to 55 |
| Shop and construction classesPoints for each class, by the same grades as above. Shop classes earn up to 10 points, and high school construction classes up to 15. | up to 25 |
| Trade school10 points for each semester credit in electrical construction, up to 30. 5 points for each credit in other construction, up to 20. | up to 50 |
| Work experiencePoints for each month you've worked, counting 150 hours as a month: 3 in electrical construction, 1 in other construction or at an electrical supplier. | up to 40 |
| References1 point for each reference. | up to 10 |
| Most you can score | 195 |
What you earn
If you work full time, you get a raise about every 6 months.
| Pay step | Hours on the job | Share | Pay an hour | Raise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | First 1,000 | 40% | $21.5440% | – |
| Step 2 | 1,000 to 2,000 | 50% | $26.9350% | +$5.39 |
| Step 3 | 2,000 to 3,000 | 55% | $29.6255% | +$2.69 |
| Step 4 | 3,000 to 4,000 | 60% | $32.3260% | +$2.70 |
| Step 5 | 4,000 to 5,000 | 65% | $35.0165% | +$2.69 |
| Step 6 | 5,000 to 6,000 | 70% | $37.7070% | +$2.69 |
| Step 7 | 6,000 to 7,000 | 75% | $40.4075% | +$2.70 |
| Step 8 | 7,000 to 8,000 | 80% | $43.0980% | +$2.69 |
| Journey rate | After 8,000 | 100% | $53.86100% | +$10.77 |
You earn about $266,610 for the 8,000 hours, before tax.
The journey rate is the pay of a fully qualified electrician. Each step pays a share of it. It's the average pay of journey-level workers at the program's employers on January 1, 2026.
Once you're in
- Length
- 8,000 hours on the job, about 4 years if you work full time.
- Classes
- At least 144 hours of classes each year, passed with a C or better.
- Probation
- Your first 2,000 hours on the job, or your first year, whichever is shorter.
- Area
- Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Hood River and Wasco counties and the north of Yamhill County, plus Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania and Pacific counties in Washington.
When you finish
The program's standards name the general journeyman electrician (J) license. The hours you work in the program count toward the experience Oregon requires for it.
General journeyman electrician (J) license
- Experience
- An approved apprenticeship in Oregon, finished
- Exam
- Oregon general journeyman electrician licensing examination, given by the Oregon Building Codes Division
- To apply
- $100
- Renewal
- Every 3 years, $100, with 24 hours of approved continuing education.
Program details
- Registered with
- Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), Apprenticeship and Training Division
- Registration
- Active
- Program number
- 1046
- Occupation
- Inside Electrician
- Apprentices in training
- 522, at the latest federal count
- BOLI area
- Area I
- Address on the registration
- PO Box 55310, Portland, Oregon
JATC stands for joint apprenticeship and training committee, a type of program sponsor.
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Sources
- Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, apprenticeship registry: active programs
- Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, apprenticeship registry: program 1046, occupations and pay steps
- The program's registered standards on oregon.gov: how you get in, its rules to apply, the scoring, the classes, the probation, the area and the license it names
- U.S. Department of Labor, national apprenticeship data, extract of August 17, 2026: the apprentices in training
- Oregon Administrative Rules: who can be an electrical apprentice
- Oregon Building Codes Division: electrical license application instructions
- Oregon Administrative Rules: license renewal
Check BOLI's apprenticeship registry for the current figures. The years assume full-time work, 2,000 hours a year. The weekly pay, the raises and the total are worked out from BOLI's pay steps.
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