Electrician · Anniston, AL
Electrician in Anniston: $896/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Anniston at $54,200 a year. About 170 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.78). The 10th percentile is $36,900 and the 90th is $66,400. Pay ranks 331st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($692/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $896 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 93 miles away, at $1,914 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$896
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$54,200
$36,900 to $66,400
Rent (1 bd)
$692
$824 (2 bd)
Employment
170
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
331st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $54,200.
- Taxes$973
- Rent$692
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$896
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,200
- Federal income tax
- −$4,466
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,146
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,520
- City / county wage tax
- −$542
- Take-home pay
- $42,526
- Effective tax rate
- 21.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $692
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,648
Left over each month
$4,517 gross, minus $973 in tax and $2,648 in living costs.
$896
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $1,914/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Anniston?
$54,200 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 170 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Anniston?
$896 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $692, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Chattanooga, about 93 miles away, leaves $1,914 a month, more than Anniston.