Electrician · Atlantic City, NJ
Electrician in Atlantic City: $734/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Atlantic City at $65,710 a year. About 710 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.86). The 10th percentile is $46,980 and the 90th is $121,990. Pay ranks 153rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,654/mo). New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $734 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 69 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$734
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,710
$46,980 to $121,990
Rent (1 bd)
$1,654
$1,969 (2 bd)
Employment
710
Location quotient 0.86
Pay rank
153rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $65,710.
- Taxes$1,098
- Rent$1,654
- Other living costs$1,990
- Left over$734
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,710
- Federal income tax
- −$6,070
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,027
- State income tax (NJ)
- −$2,083
- Take-home pay
- $52,530
- Effective tax rate
- 20.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,654
- Groceries
- $398
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $448
- Utilities and internet
- $249
- Everything else
- $349
- Total spending
- $3,644
Left over each month
$5,476 gross, minus $1,098 in tax and $3,644 in living costs.
$734
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 Atlantic City?
$65,710 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 710 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Atlantic City?
$734 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,654, and pay covers 3.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 69 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Atlantic City.