Electrician · Bay City, MI
Electrician in Bay City: $2,288/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Bay City at $80,450 a year. About 210 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.28). The 10th percentile is $45,230 and the 90th is $102,960. Pay ranks 47th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($842/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 $2,288 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 248 miles away, at $2,979 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,288
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,450
$45,230 to $102,960
Rent (1 bd)
$842
$1,002 (2 bd)
Employment
210
Location quotient 1.28
Pay rank
47th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $80,450.
- Taxes$1,621
- Rent$842
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$2,288
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,450
- Federal income tax
- −$9,313
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,154
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,181
- City / county wage tax
- −$805
- Take-home pay
- $60,997
- Effective tax rate
- 24.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $842
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,795
Left over each month
$6,704 gross, minus $1,621 in tax and $2,795 in living costs.
$2,288
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $2,979/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Bay City?
$80,450 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 Bay City?
$2,288 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 $842, and pay covers 8.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kokomo, about 248 miles away, leaves $2,979 a month, more than Bay City.