Electrician · Battle Creek, MI
Electrician in Battle Creek: $2,033/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Battle Creek at $76,630 a year. About 230 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.87). The 10th percentile is $44,650 and the 90th is $86,260. Pay ranks 98th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,033 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 166 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,033
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,630
$44,650 to $86,260
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.87
Pay rank
98th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $76,630.
- Taxes$1,510
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$2,033
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,630
- Federal income tax
- −$8,473
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,862
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,019
- City / county wage tax
- −$766
- Take-home pay
- $58,510
- Effective tax rate
- 23.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,843
Left over each month
$6,386 gross, minus $1,510 in tax and $2,843 in living costs.
$2,033
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kankakee, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Battle Creek?
$76,630 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 Battle Creek?
$2,033 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $897, and pay covers 7.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 166 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Battle Creek.