Electrician · Canton, OH
Electrician in Canton: $1,396/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Canton at $61,320 a year. About 640 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.81). The 10th percentile is $37,650 and the 90th is $80,560. Pay ranks 221st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($792/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,396 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bay City, about 249 miles away, at $2,288 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,396
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,320
$37,650 to $80,560
Rent (1 bd)
$792
$943 (2 bd)
Employment
640
Location quotient 0.81
Pay rank
221st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $61,320.
- Taxes$1,017
- Rent$792
- Other living costs$1,905
- Left over$1,396
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,320
- Federal income tax
- −$5,320
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,691
- State income tax (OH)
- −$970
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,226
- Take-home pay
- $49,113
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $792
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,697
Left over each month
$5,110 gross, minus $1,017 in tax and $2,697 in living costs.
$1,396
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bay City, $2,288/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Canton?
$61,320 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 640 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Canton?
$1,396 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $792, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Bay City, about 249 miles away, leaves $2,288 a month, more than Canton.