Electrician · Bakersfield, CA
Electrician in Bakersfield: $1,420/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Bakersfield at $75,860 a year. About 1,410 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $46,770 and the 90th is $123,940. Pay ranks 105th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,218/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,420 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 79 miles away, at $2,031 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,420
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,860
$46,770 to $123,940
Rent (1 bd)
$1,218
$1,450 (2 bd)
Employment
1,410
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
105th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $75,860.
- Taxes$1,433
- Rent$1,218
- Other living costs$2,251
- Left over$1,420
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,860
- Federal income tax
- −$8,303
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,803
- State income tax (CA)
- −$3,086
- Take-home pay
- $58,668
- Effective tax rate
- 22.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,218
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $681
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $3,469
Left over each month
$6,322 gross, minus $1,433 in tax and $3,469 in living costs.
$1,420
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hanford, $2,031/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Bakersfield?
$75,860 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,410 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Bakersfield?
$1,420 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,218, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Hanford, about 79 miles away, leaves $2,031 a month, more than Bakersfield.