Electrician · Bloomington, IN
Electrician in Bloomington: $1,400/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Bloomington at $65,660 a year. About 210 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.60). The 10th percentile is $45,320 and the 90th is $95,160. Pay ranks 156th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,062/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,400 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 145 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,400
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,660
$45,320 to $95,160
Rent (1 bd)
$1,062
$1,264 (2 bd)
Employment
210
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
156th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $65,660.
- Taxes$1,167
- Rent$1,062
- Other living costs$1,842
- Left over$1,400
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,660
- Federal income tax
- −$6,059
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,023
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,940
- City / county wage tax
- −$985
- Take-home pay
- $51,653
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,062
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $470
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,904
Left over each month
$5,472 gross, minus $1,167 in tax and $2,904 in living costs.
$1,400
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 Bloomington?
$65,660 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 Bloomington?
$1,400 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,062, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 145 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Bloomington.