Electrician · Billings, MT
Electrician in Billings: $2,073/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Billings at $80,980 a year. About 510 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.11). The 10th percentile is $49,940 and the 90th is $92,080. Pay ranks 43rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,101/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,073 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Great Falls is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,906 left over a month), and Billings still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,073
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,980
$49,940 to $92,080
Rent (1 bd)
$1,101
$1,311 (2 bd)
Employment
510
Location quotient 1.11
Pay rank
43rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $80,980.
- Taxes$1,607
- Rent$1,101
- Other living costs$1,967
- Left over$2,073
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,980
- Federal income tax
- −$9,430
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,195
- State income tax (MT)
- −$3,663
- Take-home pay
- $61,692
- Effective tax rate
- 23.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,101
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,068
Left over each month
$6,748 gross, minus $1,607 in tax and $3,068 in living costs.
$2,073
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Great Falls, $1,906/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Billings?
$80,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 510 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Billings?
$2,073 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,101, and pay covers 6.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Billings leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Great Falls at $1,906 a month.