Electrician · Baton Rouge, LA
Electrician in Baton Rouge: $1,467/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Baton Rouge at $65,330 a year. About 3,320 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.67). The 10th percentile is $48,760 and the 90th is $81,810. Pay ranks 163rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,065/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,467 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Beaumont is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,446 left over a month), and Baton Rouge still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,467
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,330
$48,760 to $81,810
Rent (1 bd)
$1,065
$1,268 (2 bd)
Employment
3,320
Location quotient 1.67
Pay rank
163rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $65,330.
- Taxes$1,047
- Rent$1,065
- Other living costs$1,865
- Left over$1,467
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,330
- Federal income tax
- −$5,987
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,998
- State income tax (LA)
- −$1,585
- Take-home pay
- $52,761
- Effective tax rate
- 19.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,065
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,930
Left over each month
$5,444 gross, minus $1,047 in tax and $2,930 in living costs.
$1,467
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Beaumont, $1,446/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Baton Rouge?
$65,330 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,320 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Baton Rouge?
$1,467 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,065, and pay covers 5.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Baton Rouge leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Beaumont at $1,446 a month.