Electrician · Bowling Green, KY
Electrician in Bowling Green: $757/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Bowling Green at $55,740 a year. About 480 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.20). The 10th percentile is $36,190 and the 90th is $93,250. Pay ranks 320th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $757 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Champaign, about 243 miles away, at $3,453 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$757
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$55,740
$36,190 to $93,250
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
480
Location quotient 1.20
Pay rank
320th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $55,740.
- Taxes$987
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$757
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $55,740
- Federal income tax
- −$4,650
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,264
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,099
- City / county wage tax
- −$836
- Take-home pay
- $43,891
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$4,645 gross, minus $987 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$757
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Champaign, $3,453/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Bowling Green?
$55,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 480 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Bowling Green?
$757 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Champaign, about 243 miles away, leaves $3,453 a month, more than Bowling Green.