An electric driving tool comprising: a plunger normally energized downward by an energizing mechanism; a driver fixed to the plunger; a drive mechanism adapted to push up and thereafter release the plunger so as to drive the driver using an energizing force of the energizing mechanism; an operation mechanism adapted to operate the drive mechanism; a magazine in which connected fasteners are loaded; a pusher adapted to sequentially supply leading ones of the connected fasteners in the magazine to a nose portion; a residual quantity detecting portion adapted to detect a decrease of a residual quantity of the connected fasteners in the magazine; and a drive mechanism control portion adapted to control an operation of the drive mechanism, characterized in that the drive mechanism control portion is adapted to control the drive mechanism such that the plunger is pushed up to a top dead center position from a given wait position and is released to drive the drive down to a bottom dead center position by the energizing force of the energizing mechanism in accordance with an operation of the operation mechanism, wherein the driver having driven out the fastener moves upwardly from the bottom dead center position so as to stop at the wait position, and wherein the drive mechanism control portion is adapted to set the wait position of the driver in a condition that the residual quantity detecting portion detects the decrease of the residual quantity of the connected fasteners to be lower than a wait position of the driver in a condition before the residual quantity detecting portion detects the decrease of the residual quantity of the connected fasteners. a plunger normally energized downward by an energizing mechanism; a driver fixed to the plunger; a drive mechanism adapted to push up and thereafter release the plunger so as to drive the driver using an energizing force of the energizing mechanism; an operation mechanism adapted to operate the drive mechanism; a magazine in which connected fasteners are loaded; a pusher adapted to sequentially supply leading ones of the connected fasteners in the magazine to a nose portion; a residual quantity detecting portion adapted to detect a decrease of a residual quantity of the connected fasteners in the magazine; and a drive mechanism control portion adapted to control an operation of the drive mechanism, characterized in that the drive mechanism control portion is adapted to control the drive mechanism such that the plunger is pushed up to a top dead center position from a given wait position and is released to drive the drive down to a bottom dead center position by the energizing force of the energizing mechanism in accordance with an operation of the operation mechanism, wherein the driver having driven out the fastener moves upwardly from the bottom dead center position so as to stop at the wait position, and wherein the drive mechanism control portion is adapted to set the wait position of the driver in a condition that the residual quantity detecting portion detects the decrease of the residual quantity of the connected fasteners to be lower than a wait position of the driver in a condition before the residual quantity detecting portion detects the decrease of the residual quantity of the connected fasteners.