Electrician · Buffalo, NY
Electrician in Buffalo: $1,927/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Buffalo at $77,930 a year. About 2,340 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.90). The 10th percentile is $37,820 and the 90th is $104,710. Pay ranks 73rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,169/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,927 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 186 miles away, at $2,199 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,927
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,930
$37,820 to $104,710
Rent (1 bd)
$1,169
$1,392 (2 bd)
Employment
2,340
Location quotient 0.90
Pay rank
73rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,930.
- Taxes$1,533
- Rent$1,169
- Other living costs$1,865
- Left over$1,927
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,930
- Federal income tax
- −$8,759
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,962
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,681
- Take-home pay
- $59,529
- Effective tax rate
- 23.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,169
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,034
Left over each month
$6,494 gross, minus $1,533 in tax and $3,034 in living costs.
$1,927
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $2,199/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Buffalo?
$77,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,340 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Buffalo?
$1,927 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,169, and pay covers 5.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Akron, about 186 miles away, leaves $2,199 a month, more than Buffalo.