Electrician · Burlington, VT
Electrician in Burlington: $671/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Burlington at $66,860 a year. About 470 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.80). The 10th percentile is $48,900 and the 90th is $100,850. Pay ranks 148th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,795/mo). Vermont taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $671 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rochester, about 247 miles away, at $1,844 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$671
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$66,860
$48,900 to $100,850
Rent (1 bd)
$1,795
$2,137 (2 bd)
Employment
470
Location quotient 0.80
Pay rank
148th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $66,860.
- Taxes$1,159
- Rent$1,795
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$671
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $66,860
- Federal income tax
- −$6,323
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,115
- State income tax (VT)
- −$2,475
- Take-home pay
- $52,947
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,795
- Groceries
- $403
- Getting around
- $484
- Healthcare
- $454
- Utilities and internet
- $252
- Everything else
- $353
- Total spending
- $3,741
Left over each month
$5,572 gross, minus $1,159 in tax and $3,741 in living costs.
$671
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rochester, $1,844/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Burlington?
$66,860 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 470 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Burlington?
$671 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Vermont taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,795, and pay covers 3.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Rochester, about 247 miles away, leaves $1,844 a month, more than Burlington.