Electrician · Akron, OH
Electrician in Akron: $2,199/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Akron at $77,360 a year. About 1,360 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.88). The 10th percentile is $46,360 and the 90th is $123,170. Pay ranks 81st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($904/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,199 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bay City, about 222 miles away, at $2,288 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,199
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,360
$46,360 to $123,170
Rent (1 bd)
$904
$1,076 (2 bd)
Employment
1,360
Location quotient 0.88
Pay rank
81st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,360.
- Taxes$1,459
- Rent$904
- Other living costs$1,885
- Left over$2,199
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,360
- Federal income tax
- −$8,633
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,918
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,411
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,547
- Take-home pay
- $59,851
- Effective tax rate
- 22.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $904
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $526
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,789
Left over each month
$6,447 gross, minus $1,459 in tax and $2,789 in living costs.
$2,199
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bay City, $2,288/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Akron?
$77,360 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,360 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Akron?
$2,199 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $904, and pay covers 7.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Bay City, about 222 miles away, leaves $2,288 a month, more than Akron.