How Much Does Life Insurance Cost for an Electrician in Australia? (2026)
- Jun 26
- 24 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
Written by Christopher Hall, AdvDipFP | Authorised Representative, AFSL 526688 | Updated August 2026
As at 27 July 2026, a full package of personal insurance for a representative 40-year-old male non-smoking electrician in NSW earning $100,000 a year — $1,000,000 of life cover, $1,000,000 of any-occupation TPD, income protection paying $5,800 a month, and $100,000 of trauma cover — was quoted at $175.25 per month with the most competitively priced insurer on the Arrow Equities panel for that profile, Zurich. Of that total, $158.95 a month is funded through superannuation (life, TPD, income protection and NSW stamp duty) and $16.30 a month is paid from the electrician's own pocket (trauma cover). MetLife ($186.44 a month) and Encompass ($200.18) were the next most competitively priced for the same profile on the same date. The same package was re-quoted at ages 30, 40 and 50 on 8 August 2026, and those figures are set out further down this page. These are stepped premiums quoted on one profile on one day — individual circumstances change the price.
This page sets out what each cover type costs for an electrician on this profile, how the total splits between super and personal payment, what the same package costs at age 30, 40 and 50, which insurer was most competitively priced on 27 July 2026 and again on 8 August 2026, and how the comparison was run. The figures come from a comparison Christopher Hall, AdvDipFP, Authorised Representative, AFSL 526688, ran across the Arrow Equities insurer panel using adviser quotation software. They are an illustrative benchmark, not a personal recommendation.
The electrician profile used in this comparison
Every premium below is priced against the same standardised profile. Age, occupation, state, income and smoking status all move the price, so the profile is fixed to make the comparison meaningful.
Attribute | Detail |
Occupation | Electrician |
Age | 40 |
Gender | Male |
State | NSW |
Smoker | Non-smoker |
Estimated annual income | $100,000 |
Premium type | Stepped (rises each year with age) |
State matters specifically for stamp duty: each Australian state and territory sets its own insurance duty, so the duty line on a NSW policy differs from the same policy issued to a resident of Victoria or Queensland. The figures here carry NSW stamp duty. Because these are stepped premiums, they rise each year with age — the comparison is a snapshot of cost at this age, not a fixed lifetime price. The same package priced at ages 30, 40 and 50 is set out further down this page. "Electrician" here reflects a licensed electrical tradesperson; electricians, special-class electricians and related electrical trades (sometimes called "sparkies") are commonly rated in the same or a similar occupation class, so the figures are a reasonable guide for those roles too (an adviser confirms the exact class for a specific role).
Who works as an electrician in Australia — and why this profile uses a $100,000 income
Workforce data gives useful context for these figures. In the electrician occupation (ANZSCO 3411), the median age of workers is about 33, and it is a heavily male trade — roughly 98% are men (Jobs and Skills Australia, drawing on ABS 2021 Census data); around 94% work full-time, and general electricians alone number well over 125,000, one of Australia's larger trades. Median full-time earnings are about $2,191 a week — roughly $114,000 a year before tax (ABS Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025).
The 40-year-old, $100,000 profile used here is a deliberate standardisation — the same age and income used for the nurse, carer, sales assistant and teacher avatars — so the electrician premiums here can be read like-for-like against those occupations. A full-time electrician's real median earnings are actually higher than $100,000 (about $114,000), and income protection is sized to income, so an electrician on that income could be quoted a slightly larger income-protection benefit — and premium — than shown here. Trades are also rated a hands-on occupation class, which mainly lifts the income-protection and TPD lines. For a quote based on an individual's actual age and income, see if you're eligible for a review.
What the full package costs
For the most competitively priced insurer on this profile (Zurich), the monthly premium breaks down as follows.
Cover type | Cover amount | Held in | Monthly premium |
Life | $1,000,000 | Superannuation | $28.76 |
TPD (any occupation) | $1,000,000 | Superannuation | $62.04 |
Income protection ($5,800/mo, 90-day wait, 5-yr benefit) | up to 70% of income | Superannuation | $64.90 |
Trauma / critical illness | $100,000 | Own name | $16.30 |
NSW stamp duty | — | — | $3.25 |
Full package | $175.25 |
The package splits two ways by how it is paid: $158.95 a month through superannuation (life, TPD, income protection and the stamp duty on the super-held cover) and $16.30 a month from the electrician's own name (trauma). Holding the life, TPD and income protection cover inside superannuation keeps it off personal cash flow; trauma is held in own name because critical illness cover generally cannot be held inside super. Whether that is the right payment structure for an individual depends on their circumstances — it is a question worth putting to an adviser rather than assuming. To get a comparison run on a specific profile, speak to an adviser today →.
Cost by cover type for an electrician
Each line above answers a separate question an electrician might ask. In short, for this profile on 27 July 2026:
Life cover — $1,000,000 held inside super was $28.76 a month. Life cover pays a lump sum on death or terminal illness and is generally the cheapest of the four covers per dollar of protection.
TPD cover — $1,000,000 of any-occupation TPD held inside super was $62.04 a month. The any-occupation definition pays only if the electrician is unable to work in any job suited to their education, training or experience; the alternative own-occupation definition is more generous and costs more. The trade-off is set out in own occupation versus any occupation TPD, and the cover itself in what TPD insurance is.
Income protection — a benefit of $5,800 a month (about 70% of a $100,000 income), with a 90-day waiting period and a 5-year benefit period, held inside super, was $64.90 a month. It replaces income while the electrician cannot work because of illness or injury — a different job from life cover, as explained in income protection versus life insurance.
Trauma cover — $100,000 held in own name was $16.30 a month. Trauma (critical illness) cover pays a lump sum on diagnosis of a defined condition such as cancer, heart attack or stroke; the timing of trauma cover matters because access narrows as health history accumulates.
Which insurer was most competitive on 27 July 2026
Across the Arrow Equities insurer panel, Zurich was the most competitively priced for this exact electrician profile on 27 July 2026, at $175.25 a month for the full package. MetLife ($186.44 a month) was the next most competitive, and Encompass ($200.18) third; OnePath was next at $210.71. The full ranking of the most competitive quotes for this profile on 27 July 2026 was as follows.
Overall ranking — full package (27 July 2026)
Rank | Insurer | Full-package monthly premium |
1 | Zurich | $175.25 |
2 | MetLife | $186.44 |
3 | Encompass | $200.18 |
How each total is paid — superannuation versus own name
Insurer | Through superannuation | Own name (trauma) | Full package |
Zurich (1st) | $158.95 | $16.30 | $175.25 |
MetLife (2nd) | $171.61 | $14.83 | $186.44 |
Encompass (3rd) | $184.65 | $15.53 | $200.18 |
Cover by cover across the three most competitive insurers (27 July 2026)
Cover | Zurich | MetLife | Encompass |
Life ($1,000,000, super) | $28.76 | $38.10 | $32.25 |
TPD any-occupation ($1,000,000, super) | $62.04 | $45.25 | $39.07 |
Income protection ($5,800/mo, super) | $64.90 | $84.06 | $107.93 |
Trauma ($100,000, own name) | $16.30 | $14.83 | $15.53 |
NSW stamp duty | $3.25 | $4.20 | $5.40 |
Full package | $175.25 | $186.44 | $200.18 |
No single insurer was the cheapest on every cover. Zurich led on life cover, income protection and the overall package; Encompass had the lowest TPD line ($39.07) and MetLife the lowest trauma line ($14.83). Zurich's overall lead comes mainly from income protection — at $64.90 a month it sits well below MetLife's $84.06 and Encompass's $107.93, and income protection is the largest single line in this package at ages 30 and 40, so it drives the ranking at those ages; at age 50 the TPD line overtakes it.
A common question is which insurer is best for an electrician. Arrow Equities does not name any insurer as "best" — the most suitable insurer depends on an individual's health, exact occupation duties, cover needs and structure, and the definitions matter as much as the price. If by "best" a reader means most competitively priced for this specific profile on this date, then on 27 July 2026 that was Zurich, with MetLife second and Encompass third, and on 8 August 2026 it was Zurich again, with MetLife second and ClearView third. A different profile — a different age, state, income, health history or cover structure, such as the nurse, carer, sales assistant or teacher examples — can reorder that list entirely.
These prices and rankings change from month to month. Insurers reprice their products through the year, and stepped premiums rise each year with age, so the insurer most competitively priced for an electrician today may not be the cheapest next month. This page is updated monthly to track that movement, and Arrow Equities also compiles a monthly ranking of the panel insurers across every occupation it prices — see how the insurers rank across occupations. The only reliable way to know which insurer is currently most competitive for a particular electrician is a fresh comparison on that person's actual circumstances — find out which insurer is currently most competitive for an individual profile →.
Cost and leading insurer over time
This page is updated monthly to track how the most competitive premium for this profile moves from month to month. Zurich has been the most competitively priced insurer for this electrician profile in all three months tracked so far, and the leading full-package premium has moved only slightly.
Month | Full-package premium (most competitive) | Most competitive insurer |
June 2026 | $175.25 | Zurich |
July 2026 | $175.25 | Zurich |
August 2026 | $173.90 | Zurich |
The leading price was unchanged between June and July 2026, and eased to .90 in August 2026 as Zurich's trauma line came down from .30 to .95; what also changed over that period is the depth of the comparison — the second and third most competitive insurers (MetLife and Encompass) are now shown with full figures. Stepped premiums still rise with age from one year to the next, and insurers reprice through the year, so this table is expected to move over time.
How the cost changes with age — 30, 40 and 50
Age is the largest single driver of what this cover costs, and the effect is not spread evenly across the decades. To show it, the same package was quoted for the same electrician profile at three ages on one day — 8 August 2026 — holding cover amounts, state, income, smoking status and ownership structure constant, so that age is the only variable that moves.
Life cover alone — $1,000,000 held inside superannuation — cost this electrician profile $24.99 a month at age 30, $28.76 a month at age 40 and $70.26 a month at age 50, priced with Zurich on 8 August 2026 for a male non-smoking electrician in NSW earning $100,000 a year.
The full package — $1,000,000 of life cover, $1,000,000 of any-occupation TPD, income protection of $5,800 a month and $100,000 of trauma cover — cost $151.42 a month at age 30 with ClearView, $173.90 a month at age 40 with Zurich and $417.36 a month at age 50 with Zurich, each being the most competitively priced standard-rate quote on the Arrow Equities panel for that same profile on 8 August 2026.
Age | Most competitive full package | Most competitive insurer | Life cover only ($1,000,000, super, Zurich) |
30 | $151.42 | ClearView | $24.99 |
40 | $173.90 | Zurich | $28.76 |
50 | $417.36 | Zurich | $70.26 |
The decade from 40 to 50 costs far more than the decade from 30 to 40. On these quotes the leading full-package premium rose about 15% between age 30 and age 40 — $151.42 to $173.90 a month — and about 140% between age 40 and age 50, from $173.90 to $417.36. The price at 50 is roughly 2.4 times the price at 40. Life cover on its own follows the same shape: $24.99 at 30 and $28.76 at 40 with Zurich, then $70.26 at 50, again about 2.4 times the age-40 figure. Because these are stepped premiums, that acceleration is built into the pricing structure — it is the shape of the premium curve, not an insurer repricing its product.
Why a stepped premium rises every year
Stepped premiums are built to increase with age, and the increase is not a repricing decision — it is how the contract is designed. Each year the policyholder is a year older, and a year older carries a statistically higher probability of claiming across all four covers. Retail cover of this kind is guaranteed renewable, so the insurer cannot decline to renew the policy or single out one policyholder for a rise because their health has changed; what it does instead is charge the premium that matches the risk of that year of age. The premium an electrician pays at 41 is the price of being 41 — not a penalty, and not a change of mind by the insurer.
The rise also accelerates. The step from one year to the next is small through a policyholder's thirties and becomes materially larger through their fifties and sixties, because the probability of claiming on life, TPD, trauma or income protection climbs steeply over those decades. The figures above are that curve for this electrician profile: the leading full package rose about 15% between age 30 and age 40 and about 140% between age 40 and age 50, priced on the same day, on the same cover, varying only age.
One thing the age step is not. Separately from it, insurers also reprice their books from time to time as their own claims experience changes — the mechanism set out in the pricing-matrix section below. A renewal notice can therefore carry both an age step and a repricing at once, and they are different things. Knowing which is which is the difference between an increase that was always coming and a reason to review the cover against the current market.
Which insurer was most competitive at each age
Age | Most competitive | Second | Third |
30 | ClearView — $151.42 | Zurich — $154.18 | Encompass — $173.24 |
40 | Zurich — $173.90 | MetLife — $185.73 | ClearView — $190.03 |
50 | Zurich — $417.36 | MetLife — $438.98 | ClearView — $456.85 |
The ranking moves with age, and no one insurer led at all three ages. ClearView was the most competitively priced insurer for this profile at age 30 and sat third at both age 40 and age 50 on the same day; Encompass appeared in the top three at age 30 only, and MetLife at ages 40 and 50 only. An insurer that leads the table for a 30-year-old electrician is therefore not necessarily the one that leads it for a 50-year-old electrician on identical cover.
Cost by cover type at age 30
Cover | ClearView (1st) | Zurich (2nd) | Encompass (3rd) |
Life ($1,000,000, superannuation) | $31.75 | $24.99 | $31.45 |
TPD, any occupation ($1,000,000, superannuation) | $23.74 | $69.93 | $35.53 |
Income protection ($5,800/mo, superannuation) | $83.40 | $48.84 | $92.66 |
Trauma ($100,000, own name) | $8.36 | $7.98 | $8.97 |
NSW stamp duty | $4.17 | $2.44 | $4.63 |
Full package | $151.42 | $154.18 | $173.24 |
At age 30 the insurer that led on the package was not the one that led on most of the covers. Zurich held the lowest life, income protection and trauma lines on the panel — $24.99, $48.84 and $7.98 — and still finished second overall, because its any-occupation TPD line at $69.93 was close to three times ClearView's $23.74. One cover line decided the ranking, which is why a package comparison and a single-cover comparison can point at different insurers for the same electrician on the same day.
One set of figures in that table runs against the grain. Zurich's any-occupation TPD is priced higher at age 30 ($69.93) than at age 40 ($62.04), and MetLife's follows the same pattern — $54.48 at age 30 against $45.25 at age 40. ClearView and Encompass move the other way, rising with age as expected. That is not an error in the quotes, and the reason is set out below.
Cost by cover type at age 50
Cover | Zurich (1st) | MetLife (2nd) | ClearView (3rd) |
Life ($1,000,000, superannuation) | $70.26 | $77.29 | $79.06 |
TPD, any occupation ($1,000,000, superannuation) | $154.48 | $122.30 | $110.05 |
Income protection ($5,800/mo, superannuation) | $136.55 | $181.40 | $206.05 |
Trauma ($100,000, own name) | $49.24 | $48.92 | $51.39 |
NSW stamp duty | $6.83 | $9.07 | $10.30 |
Full package | $417.36 | $438.98 | $456.85 |
At age 50 the overall leader was not the leader on every cover. Zurich held the lowest life-cover and income-protection lines and the lowest package total, while ClearView had the lowest TPD line at $110.05 and MetLife the lowest trauma line at $48.92. Income protection is again the largest single line in the package, which is what carries the ranking.
These are quote runs taken on a single day, 8 August 2026, using adviser quotation software across the Arrow Equities panel, on the same basis as the rest of this page: bundle discounts applied where available, and no health, platform, preferred-adviser or couples discounts. A comparison run on a different date can reorder the panel, and an individual's health, exact duties and cover structure change the price.
Why a premium can be lower at an older age — the pricing matrix
Two of the four insurers quoted priced any-occupation TPD lower for a 40-year-old electrician than for a 30-year-old one on 8 August 2026: Zurich at $62.04 against $69.93, and MetLife at $45.25 against $54.48. The other two moved the expected way, rising with age. That runs against the assumption that every cover is cheapest at the youngest age, and it is worth explaining rather than treating as an error in the quote.
It is not an error. In Christopher Hall's experience across 500+ policy reviews, reversals like this appear from time to time, and the rarer version — an existing policyholder's premium actually falling after a birthday — he puts at roughly one in five thousand reviews or fewer, an estimate from his own review base rather than a measured industry rate.
What causes it is the pricing matrix. Christopher Hall attributes the effect to the way each insurer's actuaries price their book: premium rates are set cell by cell across a matrix of age band, gender, occupation class, cover type, definition and sum insured. Each cell reflects that insurer's own exposure and claims experience in that cell — not a smooth mathematical curve running through all of them. Two adjacent cells can therefore move in opposite directions, which is exactly what the age-30 and age-40 TPD figures above show. It also explains why two insurers quoted on the same day, for the same electrician, at the same cover level, can move in opposite directions from each other.
Why a cell can be priced downwards. Where an insurer is already heavily exposed in one age-and-occupation cell and thinly represented in another, it can price those cells to slow or attract new business accordingly. The quoted price is correct; what is being managed is the balance of the pool behind it. Christopher Hall notes this is not one insurer's habit but how the market works — every insurer in Australia reprices continuously as its exposure to a given risk changes, which is also why the most competitively priced insurer for this profile is not the same at every age.
The other side of the same mechanism is where the largest increases have been landing. The older, more established insurers carry the largest legacy books, and those that rated own-occupation TPD have had to revisit them — showing the steepest year-on-year rises for existing policyholders, a shift Christopher Hall attributes to the escalation in mental-health TPD claims. The same matrix that can pull a thin new-business cell down can push a loaded legacy cell up. For an electrician this matters more than the headline package figure suggests, because TPD is one of the two largest lines in the package at every age quoted here.
The same pattern is not unique to this occupation. The same reversal appeared on the teacher comparison, and on the nurse comparison, both quoted with the same insurer within the same month — different occupations, two states and both genders, the same cell-by-cell mechanism.
The same insurer, three occupations, both genders — August 2026
Arrow Equities priced three of its occupation profiles at ages 30, 40 and 50 within the same month, and the same insurer showed the same TPD reversal in all three.
Every row is $1,000,000 of any-occupation TPD held inside superannuation, quoted with the same insurer (Zurich), and in each case the other three covers in the package rose with age as expected. The pattern is not confined to one insurer either: on the electrician run MetLife showed the same reversal, at $54.48 at age 30 against $45.25 at age 40, while ClearView and Encompass rose with age.
What the pattern points at. The teacher and nurse comparisons fall almost exactly the same distance in percentage terms, and the electrician a little further. Those three profiles differ in occupation class, in state and in gender — and the reversal still appears in all of them, in the same cover, at the same age step. That points at the age band as the common factor rather than the occupation or the policyholder's gender, which is what the cell-by-cell structure described above would predict: age band is one axis of the matrix, and a single cell on that axis can be priced differently from its neighbours regardless of what the other axes hold.
What Arrow Equities cannot say. No insurer publishes its exposure or its claims experience by age band and occupation class. Nothing here is a statement about any particular insurer's book, and no conclusion should be drawn about one. What these quotes show is a shape. A shape of that kind is consistent with the general mechanism set out above — an age-and-occupation cell priced against the claims experience and exposure sitting behind it, rather than along a smooth curve — but consistency is not evidence of cause, and Arrow Equities is not in a position to confirm one.
It is a shape, not a measured change over time. These profiles were not quoted at age 30 in earlier months, so there is no prior-period figure to compare against and no basis for calling this a repricing. What can be done is to watch it. The age-band comparison is now part of the monthly re-quote on this page and on the sibling occupation pages, so if that cell moves again it will show up in the next comparison rather than being noticed by chance — which is the practical case for re-running a comparison rather than carrying an old one forward.
What it means in practice. A reversal of this kind is a reason to compare rather than assume. Christopher Hall notes that when a client asks for the insurer a spouse, workmate or friend already holds, that recommendation may well have been the competitive answer two months, six months or six years ago — and simply is not now. The insurer has not become worse; the matrix has moved, and the other person's quote reflected their age, occupation class, cover level and health at the time, not this electrician's today.
What discounts can do to the price
Insurer discount programs sit outside the standard-rate comparison above, and for this profile they moved the price by more than the gap between the leading insurers did. Quoted on 8 August 2026 with its Vitality with Healthier Lives and Health & Life benefits and a PRSG3 discount applied, AIA came in at $135.95 a month at age 30 and $378.64 a month at age 50 for the same cover — below every standard-rate quote on the panel at both ages. At standard rates, with those discounts not applied, AIA did not place in the three most competitively priced insurers for this profile at either age.
Those two figures are deliberately kept out of the ranking tables above and are not comparable with them. This page compares insurers on one basis — bundle discounts only, with health, platform, preferred-adviser and couples discounts held out — so that the panel is priced like for like. The discounted figures are shown here because the size of the movement is the point: for an electrician who qualifies for a program of this kind, the discount can matter more to the final monthly cost than the choice between the insurers at the top of the standard-rate table. Whether a particular electrician qualifies depends on the program's own eligibility rules and on the insurer's assessment at the time, which is not something that can be read off a comparison table — it is a reason to have the comparison run on actual circumstances.
The same comparison applies to any occupation
The comparison on this page is one profile in a series. Arrow Equities publishes the same worked example for other occupations — including nurses, carers, sales assistants and teachers — and its advisers review cover for Australians across many lines of work, not only trades. Published case studies span a range of occupations: a registered nurse, a carpenter and a chef among them, where a review cut the cost of long-standing policies — often by unwinding the loyalty tax that builds up on ageing cover.
How this comparison was run
The figures on this page are an illustrative comparison for the representative profile above. The current comparison was quoted on 8 August 2026, at ages 30, 40 and 50; the age-40 figures dated 27 July 2026 are the previous month's comparison for the same profile, retained so the movement between the two runs stays visible. Both runs used adviser quotation software across the insurer panel on the same basis. Bundle discounts were applied where available; no health, platform, preferred-adviser or couples discounts were applied, and no individual underwriting loadings or exclusions are reflected. Premiums are stepped, so they rise each year with age. Insurance pricing changes regularly, and individual circumstances — health, exact duties, cover levels and ownership structure — change the price, so these figures are a benchmark rather than a quote for any individual. To get quotes from an adviser today →, based on actual circumstances, is the only way to confirm a real price.
Frequently asked questions
How much does life insurance cost for an electrician?
For a representative 40-year-old male non-smoking electrician in NSW, $1,000,000 of life cover held inside superannuation was quoted at $28.76 a month with the most competitively priced insurer on the panel (Zurich) on 27 July 2026. Premiums are stepped and rise with age, and individual circumstances change the price.
How much does TPD insurance cost for an electrician?
For the same profile, $1,000,000 of any-occupation TPD held inside superannuation was quoted at $62.04 a month on 27 July 2026. Any-occupation cover is cheaper than own-occupation cover, which pays on a more generous definition; the right definition depends on the individual's work and circumstances.
How much does income protection cost for an electrician?
For the same profile, income protection paying $5,800 a month (about 70% of a $100,000 income), with a 90-day waiting period and a 5-year benefit period, held inside superannuation, was quoted at $64.90 a month on 27 July 2026. A longer waiting period or shorter benefit period would lower the premium.
How much does trauma insurance cost for an electrician?
For the same profile, $100,000 of trauma (critical illness) cover held in own name was quoted at $16.30 a month on 27 July 2026, and at $14.95 a month on 8 August 2026. Trauma cover is generally held personally because critical illness cover cannot usually be held inside superannuation.
How much does life insurance cost for an electrical tradesperson?
Electricians and related electrical trades (sometimes called sparkies) are commonly rated in the same or a similar occupation class, so this page is a reasonable guide: the full package — $1,000,000 life, $1,000,000 any-occupation TPD, $5,800-a-month income protection and $100,000 trauma — was quoted at $175.25 a month with the most competitively priced insurer (Zurich) for the representative 40-year-old profile on 27 July 2026, and at $173.90 a month on 8 August 2026. An adviser confirms the exact occupation class for a specific electrical role.
Can a self-employed or contractor electrician get income protection?
Many electricians are self-employed or work as contractors. Income protection is available to self-employed tradespeople, but the insurable benefit is based on income (and usually needs evidence of earnings), and the waiting and benefit periods can be tailored. Cover is often held inside super or personally depending on circumstances — an adviser confirms what a self-employed or contractor electrician can apply for.
How much life insurance does an electrician need?
There is no single figure — the amount depends on a person's debts (especially a mortgage), the income their household would need to replace, their dependants, and any existing cover, including default cover through their super fund. A common starting point is enough to clear debts plus a few years of income, but that is only a guide. A qualified adviser can calculate a level of life, TPD, income protection and trauma cover suited to an individual electrician's circumstances.
How do I compare life insurers for electricians?
A like-for-like comparison holds everything constant except the insurer — the same cover amounts, the same income-protection waiting and benefit periods, and the same occupation and health assumptions — then ranks on price. That is how the figures on this page were produced. Price is only part of it, though: definitions, benefit periods and how cover is structured across super and personal ownership matter as much. An adviser can run the current comparison across the panel on an individual electrician's actual details.
Can an electrician hold life insurance in an SMSF?
Yes — life and TPD cover can be held inside a self-managed super fund (SMSF), and an SMSF's trustees are required to consider the insurance needs of its members. The figures on this page assume cover held in a standard super account rather than an SMSF, and the most suitable structure — standard super, an SMSF, or personal ownership — depends on an individual's situation. A qualified adviser or SMSF specialist can advise on holding cover through an SMSF.
Does life insurance for an electrician cost more in an SMSF?
Often the pricing is similar to cover held in a standard super account, but it can be more expensive depending on the insurer and how the cover is arranged — an SMSF generally holds an individually underwritten retail policy rather than a group default, and premiums vary by insurer and structure. Speak to an adviser to see how holding cover in an SMSF would affect the premium for a specific situation.
Which insurer is best for an electrician?
Arrow Equities does not rank any insurer as best, because suitability depends on health, occupation duties, cover needs, definitions and structure — not price alone. If best is taken to mean the most competitively priced for this specific profile, that was Zurich on 27 July 2026, with MetLife second and Encompass third; on 8 August 2026 it was Zurich again at age 40, with MetLife second and ClearView third. At age 30 on the same August run it was ClearView first, Zurich second and Encompass third. A different profile, or a different age, can change the order.
Do these electrician insurance premiums change?
Yes. These are stepped premiums, so they rise each year with age, and insurers reprice their products over time. The figures are a snapshot for one profile on 27 July 2026, with an 8 August 2026 re-quote at ages 30, 40 and 50 also shown on this page, and should be treated as a benchmark, not a guaranteed price — a current quote on actual circumstances is needed to confirm cost.
How much does life insurance cost for a 30-year-old electrician?
For a representative 30-year-old male non-smoking electrician in NSW earning $100,000, $1,000,000 of life cover held inside superannuation was quoted at $24.99 a month with Zurich on 8 August 2026, and a full package of life, any-occupation TPD, income protection and trauma cover was quoted at $151.42 a month with the most competitively priced insurer on the panel at that age (ClearView). Premiums are stepped and rise with age, and individual circumstances change the price.
How much does life insurance cost for a 50-year-old electrician?
For a representative 50-year-old male non-smoking electrician in NSW earning $100,000, $1,000,000 of life cover held inside superannuation was quoted at $70.26 a month with Zurich on 8 August 2026, and a full package of life, any-occupation TPD, income protection and trauma cover was quoted at $417.36 a month with the most competitively priced insurer on the panel at that age (Zurich). That package price is roughly 2.4 times the equivalent figure for a 40-year-old electrician on the same day.
How much does life insurance cost for an electrician at age 30, 40 and 50?
On 8 August 2026, $1,000,000 of life cover held inside superannuation was quoted at $24.99 a month at age 30, $28.76 a month at age 40 and $70.26 a month at age 50 with Zurich, for a male non-smoking electrician in NSW earning $100,000. The full package of life, any-occupation TPD, income protection and trauma cover was quoted at $151.42 a month at age 30 with ClearView, $173.90 a month at age 40 with Zurich and $417.36 a month at age 50 with Zurich. The increase is not even across the decades: the leading package price rose about 15% between 30 and 40, and about 140% between 40 and 50.
Do insurer discounts change which life insurer is most competitively priced for an electrician?
They can, and by more than the gap between the leading insurers. Quoted on 8 August 2026 with its Vitality with Healthier Lives and Health & Life benefits and a PRSG3 discount applied, AIA came in at $135.95 a month at age 30 and $378.64 a month at age 50 for this electrician profile, below every standard-rate quote on the panel at both ages; at standard rates AIA did not place in the three most competitively priced insurers at either age. Those discounted figures are not comparable with the standard-rate tables on this page, which apply bundle discounts only, and whether a particular electrician qualifies depends on the program's eligibility rules and the insurer's assessment.
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About the Author
Christopher Hall, AdvDipFP, is the principal financial adviser at Arrow Equities and an Authorised Representative under AFSL 526688. He has completed more than 500 life insurance policy reviews for Australian families, with a specialisation in life risk insurance.
Insurance product providers reviewed for this analysis (27 July and 8 August 2026)
The premiums on this page were compared across the Arrow Equities insurer panel. Each provider reviewed for this analysis is listed below:
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Sources
Premium figures: Arrow Equities adviser quotation software comparison across the insurer panel, run 27 July 2026 and re-run at ages 30, 40 and 50 on 8 August 2026, on the representative profile described above. The teacher and nurse TPD figures used in the cross-occupation comparison come from the Arrow Equities comparisons run for those profiles on 5 August 2026 and are published on their own pages.
Stamp duty: levied per state/territory; figures reflect NSW insurance duty.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2022) Census of Population and Housing, 2021 — Electricians (ANZSCO 3411) occupation demographics: median age, gender composition.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2025) Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2025 — median full-time weekly earnings by occupation.
Jobs and Skills Australia (2026) Electricians occupation profile (ANZSCO 3411), drawing on ABS data.
Arrow Equities, AFSL 526688, ABN 87 645 284 680.
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