Electrician · Allentown, PA
Electrician in Allentown: $927/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Allentown at $66,500 a year. About 1,100 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.60). The 10th percentile is $48,290 and the 90th is $122,400. Pay ranks 150th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,431/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $927 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 51 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$927
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$66,500
$48,290 to $122,400
Rent (1 bd)
$1,431
$1,704 (2 bd)
Employment
1,100
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
150th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $66,500.
- Taxes$1,170
- Rent$1,431
- Other living costs$2,014
- Left over$927
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $66,500
- Federal income tax
- −$6,244
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,087
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,042
- City / county wage tax
- −$665
- Take-home pay
- $52,462
- Effective tax rate
- 21.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,431
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,445
Left over each month
$5,542 gross, minus $1,170 in tax and $3,445 in living costs.
$927
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Trenton, $2,249/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Allentown?
$66,500 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,100 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Allentown?
$927 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,431, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 51 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Allentown.