Electrician · Charleston, SC
Electrician in Charleston: $433/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Charleston at $59,010 a year. About 1,480 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.77). The 10th percentile is $45,560 and the 90th is $75,660. Pay ranks 265th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,588/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $433 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rocky Mount, about 238 miles away, at $1,245 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$433
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,010
$45,560 to $75,660
Rent (1 bd)
$1,588
$1,890 (2 bd)
Employment
1,480
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
265th 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 $59,010.
- Taxes$969
- Rent$1,588
- Other living costs$1,927
- Left over$433
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,010
- Federal income tax
- −$5,043
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,514
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,076
- Take-home pay
- $47,377
- Effective tax rate
- 19.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,588
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,515
Left over each month
$4,918 gross, minus $969 in tax and $3,515 in living costs.
$433
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rocky Mount, $1,245/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Charleston?
$59,010 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,480 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Charleston?
$433 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,588, and pay covers 3.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Rocky Mount, about 238 miles away, leaves $1,245 a month, more than Charleston.