Electrician · Ann Arbor, MI
Electrician in Ann Arbor: $1,882/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Ann Arbor at $81,450 a year. About 610 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.57). The 10th percentile is $46,230 and the 90th is $106,160. Pay ranks 40th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,492/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,882 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 221 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,882
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$81,450
$46,230 to $106,160
Rent (1 bd)
$1,492
$1,776 (2 bd)
Employment
610
Location quotient 0.57
Pay rank
40th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $81,450.
- Taxes$1,650
- Rent$1,492
- Other living costs$1,763
- Left over$1,882
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $81,450
- Federal income tax
- −$9,533
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,231
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,224
- City / county wage tax
- −$815
- Take-home pay
- $61,648
- Effective tax rate
- 24.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,492
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $394
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,255
Left over each month
$6,788 gross, minus $1,650 in tax and $3,255 in living costs.
$1,882
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kankakee, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Ann Arbor?
$81,450 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 610 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Ann Arbor?
$1,882 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,492, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 221 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Ann Arbor.