Electrician · Champaign, IL
Electrician in Champaign: $3,453/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Champaign at $100,320 a year. About 410 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 $47,970 and the 90th is $105,710. Pay ranks 6th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/mo). Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,453 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 67 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,453
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$100,320
$47,970 to $105,710
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
410
Location quotient 0.80
Pay rank
6th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $100,320.
- Taxes$2,182
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$1,828
- Left over$3,453
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $100,320
- Federal income tax
- −$13,684
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,674
- State income tax (IL)
- −$4,828
- Take-home pay
- $74,133
- Effective tax rate
- 26.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $459
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,725
Left over each month
$8,360 gross, minus $2,182 in tax and $2,725 in living costs.
$3,453
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kankakee, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Champaign?
$100,320 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 410 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Champaign?
$3,453 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax Rent is $897, and pay covers 9.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 67 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Champaign.