Commercial electrical recruiters serving Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach.
AdventHealth Daytona Beach is completing a $220M hospital expansion by fall 2026, while two long-horizon master-planned communities add sustained construction demand for decades. Healthcare-construction electricians now run about 9% above national wage.
A hospital expansion, and two decades-long master plans.
This metro's commercial electrical market is notably balanced - journeyman electricians here price about 4% above national, close to parity. That baseline holds for most conventional work; the exception is healthcare.
AdventHealth Daytona Beach is completing a $220M expansion - 104 new beds, 4 surgical suites, and 240,000 sq ft across two vertical tower additions, including an expanded cardiovascular ICU and a new neuro-ICU - by fall 2026. That construction needs emergency power and life-safety electrical work at hospital scale.
Separately, two long-horizon master-planned communities add sustained demand. Avalon Park Daytona is a "city within a city" with a $125M developer commitment to road infrastructure alone, expected to create about 2,700 construction jobs over a 15-20 year build-out. Waypointe is a 427-acre development near the I-95/I-4 interchange bringing 1,600+ homes and substantial commercial space.
That combination is why healthcare-construction electricians run about 9% above national here - the clear premium in this otherwise near-parity market.
The named programs driving the wage pressure.
A short list of major capital programs with significant commercial electrical scope in this metro. Every electrical contractor chasing high-value work here is staffing against some combination of these.
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104 new beds, 4 surgical suites, and 240,000 sq ft across two vertical tower additions, including an expanded cardiovascular ICU and a new neuro-ICU, completing fall 2026 - real emergency-power and life-safety electrical scope at hospital scale.
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A "city within a city" master-planned community expected to create about 2,700 construction jobs over a 15-20 year build-out - sustained commercial electrical demand across a multi-decade timeline.
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A 427-acre development near the I-95/I-4 interchange bringing 1,600+ homes and hundreds of thousands of sq ft of commercial space, adding to the region's sustained electrical demand.
What you'll actually pay - by electrical role.
Hourly wage ranges for this metro, projected to 2026. Healthcare-construction and ICU/critical care specialists carry the clear premium. National benchmarks by role are in the 2026 Commercial Electrical Salary Guide.
| Role | Metro range | Typical experience | Market notes |
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| Commercial electrician (journeyman) | $28 – $36/hr | 3-7 yrs | Runs about 4% above national, close to parity. Healthcare-experienced electricians price well above this baseline |
| Apprentice electrician | $20 – $26/hr | 0-3 yrs | A steady pipeline; Florida's ECLB sets the licensing path statewide |
| Healthcare-construction electrician | $32 – $41/hr | 5-9 yrs | Runs about 9% above national - the clear premium in this otherwise near-parity market. AdventHealth Daytona Beach's $220M expansion, completing fall 2026, needs emergency power and life-safety electrical work across two vertical tower additions |
| ICU / critical care electrician | $34 – $41/hr | 6-10 yrs | Prices at the top of the healthcare-construction range. AdventHealth's expanded cardiovascular ICU and new neuro-ICU need redundant, code-compliant critical-power distribution for the most sensitive patient care areas |
| Master-planned community electrician (Avalon Park / Waypointe) | $29 – $37/hr | 4-8 yrs | Avalon Park Daytona's 15-20 year build-out and Waypointe's 427-acre development near I-95/I-4 both need sustained commercial electrical work across multi-decade timelines |
| Building automation / controls electrician | $28 – $36/hr | 4-8 yrs | Named-platform experience commands the top of this range |
| Electrical foreman | $32 – $40/hr | 7+ yrs | ECLB license fluency plus healthcare-construction project experience is the real differentiator ahead of AdventHealth's fall 2026 completion |
| Electrical project manager (healthcare) | $40 – $52/hr | 5-10 yrs | AdventHealth-adjacent delivery experience adds a genuine premium given the concentration of this metro's healthcare pipeline |
| Electrical superintendent | $43 – $55/hr | 10+ yrs | Hospital-construction delivery experience is the single most valuable credential at this level |
| Electrical estimator | $42 – $55/hr | 5+ yrs | Tracks close to national parity, matching the metro's broader commercial estimator baseline; healthcare project portfolio experience adds a real premium |
Source: BLS OEWS, Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach MSA, projected to 2026. Actual offer rates depend on ECLB license status, healthcare experience, and project portfolio.
What candidates expect. What credentials matter. What kills offers.
We don't tell prospective clients who their competitors are hiring - that's a discipline our clients value, and we'll honor it on a call. What we will share publicly: how commercial electrical hiring actually plays out in this market in 2026.
Where Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach commercial electrical talent comes from
Conventional commercial electrical prices close to national parity and is reasonably available. The genuine bottleneck is healthcare-construction electrical work, where AdventHealth's expansion needs a specialized pool ahead of its fall 2026 completion.
Credentials worth filtering for
Florida licenses electrical contractors separately through the ECLB - a Certified EC can work statewide, a Registered ER only in the county that issued it. Verify the right license type before presenting a candidate. For AdventHealth-adjacent roles, prior healthcare-construction experience is the filter that actually separates candidates.
What candidates expect from an electrical offer in this market in 2026
Comp close to national parity for conventional commercial work - roughly 4% above. Healthcare-construction electricians expect about 9% above national, the clear premium here, given AdventHealth's concentrated timeline into fall 2026.
What kills commercial electrical hires in this market
Assuming AdventHealth's hospital-scale electrical work and the long-horizon master-planned community work draw on the same pool without friction. They compete for many of the same electricians on overlapping timelines, even though the technical scope differs substantially.
Realistic timelines, by role
Journeyman electricians (conventional commercial): 4-6 weeks intake to signed offer. Apprentices: 3-5 weeks. Master-planned community electricians: 4-6 weeks. Healthcare-construction and ICU/critical care electricians: 6-8 weeks, given AdventHealth's concentrated timeline into fall 2026. We tell you which bucket your role is in on the intake call.
The electrical positions we fill, most often.
Across our clients in this metro, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months. Healthcare-construction and ICU/critical care specialists are flagged in the wage table above as the tightest fill.
- Commercial electrician (journeyman)
- Apprentice electrician
- Healthcare-construction electrician
- ICU / critical care electrician
- Master-planned community electrician (Avalon Park / Waypointe)
- Building automation / controls electrician
- Electrical foreman
- Electrical project manager (healthcare)
- Electrical superintendent
- Electrical estimator
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in this metro, see the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro overview. To learn more about commercial electrical generally (across all 100 markets we serve), see our Commercial Electrical industry page.
How we recruit commercial electrical in Deltona-Daytona, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - tuned for what works in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For this metro, we also establish whether the role touches healthcare-construction or master-planned-community scope, since those source differently.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing candidate network in this metro for conventional-commercial and master-planned community roles. For healthcare-construction and ICU/critical care specialists, we work a wider network, since AdventHealth's timeline has concentrated demand on a narrow pool.
- Vetted short list (week one for standard roles). Three to five candidates. We verify an active ECLB license, test technical depth on the specific specialty, and confirm wage expectations against the correct tier of this market.
- Offer and close. Conventional commercial and master-planned community roles close in 4-6 weeks. Healthcare-construction and ICU/critical care electricians run 6-8 weeks. We help with the offer math throughout.
Deltona-Daytona runs 6% more commercial electrical workers per job than the country as a whole — above the national concentration. More per job means more people to reach, and more employers reaching them.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 , Electricians. Metro-wide figures for the base occupation; the wage table above is role-specific and commercial.
How Deltona-Daytona's commercial electrical market compares
In 2023 the Deltona-Daytona metro had 58 nonresidential electrical contractors (counted by business location), with about 688 people on their payrolls. Average pay at those firms was $66,072, 21.9% below the national average of $84,633 for the same kind of employer. Headcount fell 5% over the year even as it grew 4.9% nationally, which usually means people leaving the trade or moving to other markets rather than a lack of work. The number of these employers fell 3.3%, as firms merged, closed or moved out. That works out to 8.1 per 100,000 residents against 11 nationally. Fewer local employers means experienced people are easier to identify, but many work for firms based outside the metro. These firms account for 4.8% of all construction employment in the metro.
Among the 100 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Deltona-Daytona ranks 88th for headcount, 97th for median pay and 35th for concentration for electricians. Pay here is among the lowest we see, which makes relocation offers from higher-paying metros a real retention risk.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
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| Miami | 12,990 | $58,630 | 0.95 | 545 |
| Tampa | 7,170 | $57,450 | 1.02 | 316 |
| Orlando | 6,970 | $50,820 | 1.01 | 264 |
| Jacksonville | 4,990 | $58,280 | 1.34 | 144 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers | 2,140 | $57,930 | 1.44 | 68 |
| North Port-Sarasota | 1,620 | $51,930 | 0.98 | 63 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne | 1,220 | $58,450 | 1.02 | 48 |
| Deltona-Daytona | 1,140 | $48,950 | 1.06 | 58 |
| Port St. Lucie | 1,100 | $58,540 | 1.32 | 47 |
| Lakeland | 1,020 | $54,920 | 0.79 | 45 |
| Pensacola | 970 | $50,510 | 1.04 | 35 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
What this means for hiring:For commercial electrical employers in Deltona-Daytona, the pool is about the national norm for its size, and local employers have trimmed headcount. That usually means experienced people are available but cautious, so the stability of the job matters as much as the rate.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Deltona-Daytona metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Deltona-Daytona's commercial electrical market has changed since 2018.
The number of nonresidential electrical contractors in Deltona-Daytona rose from 52 in 2018 to 58 in 2023, up 12%, ahead of the 6% national rise. Headcount at those firms went up 6%, to about 688 people. Average annual pay there went from $44,257 to $66,072 (+49%), faster than the 21% national increase, a sign employers here have had to bid up.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential electrical contractors: business locations | 52 | 58 | +12% |
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: employment | 650 | 688 | +6% |
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: average annual pay | $44,257 | $66,072 | +49% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Frequently asked — commercial electrical hiring in Deltona-Daytona.
What is a commercial electrician paid in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach in 2026?
Commercial electricians (journeyman) in this metro typically earn $28–$36/hr, roughly 4% above national - close to parity. Healthcare-construction electricians serving AdventHealth Daytona Beach's $220M expansion run $32–$41/hr, about 9% above national and the clear premium in this otherwise near-parity market.
Why does AdventHealth's expansion matter for electrical hiring?
AdventHealth Daytona Beach is completing a $220M expansion by fall 2026 - 104 new beds, 4 surgical suites, and 240,000 sq ft across two vertical tower additions, including an expanded cardiovascular ICU and a new neuro-ICU. That construction needs emergency power and life-safety electrical work at hospital scale, concentrating demand on a specialized pool ahead of the completion date.
Do the master-planned communities in this metro need specialized electrical work?
They need sustained, multi-decade commercial electrical demand rather than a distinct specialty premium. Avalon Park Daytona (a $125M+ road-infrastructure commitment over a 15-20 year build-out) and Waypointe (427 acres near I-95/I-4) both add real, long-horizon work without the hospital-scale technical specialization AdventHealth's project requires.
How does electrical contractor licensing work in this metro?
Florida licenses electrical contractors separately through the Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board (ECLB), distinct from the general DBPR Construction Industry Licensing Board. A Certified EC can work statewide; a Registered ER can only work in the county that issued the license. We verify the right license type before presenting a candidate.
What do electricians earn in Deltona-Daytona?
BLS puts the Deltona-Daytona median for electricians at $48,950 a year, 23% below the $63,190 national median. That ranks 109th of 112 metros with published figures, in the bottom quarter. Most of the market sits between $37,470 and $71,560, a 1.9x gap and a moderate spread, so a few thousand dollars over the median buys real experience. Within Florida, Miami pays more, at $58,630.
Is it hard to hire electricians in Deltona-Daytona?
It is about average. Electricians are as common in Deltona-Daytona as they are nationally (location quotient 1.06), with about 1,140 in the metro. The 58 nonresidential electrical contractors here average about 12 employees per location. With 12% more of those firms than in 2018, more employers are competing for the same crews.
Which commercial electrical roles pay the most in Deltona-Daytona?
Of the roles we recruit for, Electrical Foreman pays the most in Deltona-Daytona, a $73,720 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Industrial Equipment Repairer at $61,290, 17% below it. Electrician Helper / Apprentice is the lowest-paid field role at $37,440. Controls / Instrumentation Technician trails national pay the most (26% below).
How many nonresidential electrical contractors operate in Deltona-Daytona?
BLS counted 58 nonresidential electrical contractors in Deltona-Daytona in 2023, employing about 688 people between them. Up from 52 in 2018, a 12% increase against 6% growth nationally. That averages 12 people per location. They pay an average of $66,072, 22% below the $84,633 national average for the same kind of employer.
Which nearby metros compete with Deltona-Daytona for electricians?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Orlando (26 miles, about 6,970, $50,820 median), Palm Bay-Melbourne (73 miles, about 1,220, $58,450 median) and Lakeland (73 miles, about 1,020, $54,920 median). Orlando has the larger pool, so it is the first place to look for senior people willing to move. Palm Bay-Melbourne pays 19% more, which is where Deltona-Daytona employers tend to lose people.
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