Electrician · Bangor, ME
Electrician in Bangor: $880/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Bangor at $63,390 a year. About 210 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.59). The 10th percentile is $51,530 and the 90th is $92,740. Pay ranks 182nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,215/mo). Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $880 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lewiston, about 114 miles away, at $1,609 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$880
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,390
$51,530 to $92,740
Rent (1 bd)
$1,215
$1,447 (2 bd)
Employment
210
Location quotient 0.59
Pay rank
182nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $63,390.
- Taxes$1,121
- Rent$1,215
- Other living costs$2,066
- Left over$880
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,390
- Federal income tax
- −$5,568
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,849
- State income tax (ME)
- −$3,039
- Take-home pay
- $49,934
- Effective tax rate
- 21.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,215
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $578
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,281
Left over each month
$5,283 gross, minus $1,121 in tax and $3,281 in living costs.
$880
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lewiston, $1,609/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Bangor?
$63,390 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 210 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Bangor?
$880 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,215, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Lewiston, about 114 miles away, leaves $1,609 a month, more than Bangor.