Electrician · Auburn, AL
Electrician in Auburn: $378/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Auburn at $53,860 a year. About 230 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.64). The 10th percentile is $35,090 and the 90th is $67,230. Pay ranks 335th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,224/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 $378 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 177 miles away, at $1,914 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$378
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$53,860
$35,090 to $67,230
Rent (1 bd)
$1,224
$1,457 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.64
Pay rank
335th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $53,860.
- Taxes$966
- Rent$1,224
- Other living costs$1,921
- Left over$378
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $53,860
- Federal income tax
- −$4,425
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,120
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,503
- City / county wage tax
- −$539
- Take-home pay
- $42,273
- Effective tax rate
- 21.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,224
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,145
Left over each month
$4,488 gross, minus $966 in tax and $3,145 in living costs.
$378
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 Auburn?
$53,860 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Auburn?
$378 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 $1,224, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Chattanooga, about 177 miles away, leaves $1,914 a month, more than Auburn.