Medium Voltage Electrician Jobs in Northern Virginia, VA
Switchgear, substations and distribution up to 35kV. The largest data center market in the world, with colocation vacancy around 0.3 percent.
The single most constrained trade in active data center markets.
Base range for this role is $85,000 - $145,000, before per diem. Work in this corridor clusters around Ashburn, Sterling, Leesburg, Dulles.
What gets you hired
NFPA 70E arc flash, state journeyman or master licence, and medium voltage qualification. Switchgear manufacturers often require their own factory course before you touch the gear.
When this trade is needed
Power infrastructure phase, from utility tie-in through switchgear energisation. Peaks before commissioning and drops once the hall is live.
Why Northern Virginia specifically
Loudoun County is the densest concentration of data centre capacity anywhere, and the constraint here stopped being land years ago. It is now substation capacity and the queue to get connected, which is why schedules slip at the power stage rather than the build stage.
Controls and BAS specialists carry the longest backlog in the country here, around eight months. If you hold a platform certification, this is the market where it is worth the most.