Electrician · Blacksburg, VA
Electrician in Blacksburg: $1,076/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Blacksburg at $62,490 a year. About 270 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.73). The 10th percentile is $39,130 and the 90th is $80,090. Pay ranks 192nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,103/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,076 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Weirton, about 226 miles away, at $1,934 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,076
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,490
$39,130 to $80,090
Rent (1 bd)
$1,103
$1,313 (2 bd)
Employment
270
Location quotient 0.73
Pay rank
192nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $62,490.
- Taxes$1,091
- Rent$1,103
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$1,076
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,490
- Federal income tax
- −$5,460
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,780
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,847
- Take-home pay
- $49,402
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,103
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $533
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,041
Left over each month
$5,208 gross, minus $1,091 in tax and $3,041 in living costs.
$1,076
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Weirton, $1,934/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Blacksburg?
$62,490 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 270 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Blacksburg?
$1,076 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,103, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Weirton, about 226 miles away, leaves $1,934 a month, more than Blacksburg.