Electrician · Cincinnati, OH
Electrician in Cincinnati: $1,180/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Cincinnati at $63,490 a year. About 5,640 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.05). The 10th percentile is $38,530 and the 90th is $98,260. Pay ranks 179th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,168/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 $1,180 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 229 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,180
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,490
$38,530 to $98,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,168
$1,391 (2 bd)
Employment
5,640
Location quotient 1.05
Pay rank
179th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $63,490.
- Taxes$1,062
- Rent$1,168
- Other living costs$1,881
- Left over$1,180
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,490
- Federal income tax
- −$5,582
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,857
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,030
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,270
- Take-home pay
- $50,752
- Effective tax rate
- 20.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,168
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $520
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,049
Left over each month
$5,291 gross, minus $1,062 in tax and $3,049 in living costs.
$1,180
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 Cincinnati?
$63,490 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 5,640 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Cincinnati?
$1,180 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 $1,168, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 229 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Cincinnati.