Electrician · Chambersburg, PA
Electrician in Chambersburg: $1,124/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Chambersburg at $61,290 a year. About 150 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.53). The 10th percentile is $36,020 and the 90th is $79,080. Pay ranks 222nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,124 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 161 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,124
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,290
$36,020 to $79,080
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 0.53
Pay rank
222nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $61,290.
- Taxes$1,042
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$2,045
- Left over$1,124
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,290
- Federal income tax
- −$5,316
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,689
- State income tax (PA)
- −$1,882
- City / county wage tax
- −$613
- Take-home pay
- $48,791
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $2,942
Left over each month
$5,108 gross, minus $1,042 in tax and $2,942 in living costs.
$1,124
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Trenton, $2,249/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Chambersburg?
$61,290 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Chambersburg?
$1,124 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $897, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 161 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Chambersburg.