I dont know the statistics but i work for an electrical company in sydney with 23 employee's and the average wage of a qualified electrician in this company is aprox $28.50 per hour + phone, vehicle...
£100-250 an hour
about $35 an hour. $70,000 divided into 50 weeks(2 weeks of vacation) is $1,400 a week now divide that by 40 hrs gives you $35 per hour.
$26.44 per hour.
$15-30 hour