Electrician · Charleston, WV
Electrician in Charleston: $1,309/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Charleston at $64,830 a year. About 480 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $44,370 and the 90th is $93,350. Pay ranks 167th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,011/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,309 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 198 miles away, at $2,199 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,309
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,830
$44,370 to $93,350
Rent (1 bd)
$1,011
$1,204 (2 bd)
Employment
480
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
167th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $64,830.
- Taxes$1,094
- Rent$1,011
- Other living costs$1,989
- Left over$1,309
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,830
- Federal income tax
- −$5,877
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,959
- State income tax (WV)
- −$2,286
- Take-home pay
- $51,708
- Effective tax rate
- 20.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,011
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $3,000
Left over each month
$5,403 gross, minus $1,094 in tax and $3,000 in living costs.
$1,309
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $2,199/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Charleston?
$64,830 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 480 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Charleston?
$1,309 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,011, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Akron, about 198 miles away, leaves $2,199 a month, more than Charleston.