A trigger switch includes: a housing; a trigger provided outside the housing; a plunger that connects the trigger to the housing so as to approach or separate from the housing, and includes a slider disposed inside the housing; a first printed wiring board that is disposed inside the housing and includes a sliding resistor configured to contact the slider and a control element that configures a control circuit together with the sliding resistor; and a second printed wiring board that is disposed inside the housing separately from the first printed wiring board and electrically connected to the first printed wiring board, and includes a power element configured to supply electric current based on a signal of the control element.