Electrician · College Station, TX
Electrician in College Station: $562/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in College Station at $48,410 a year. About 500 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 $34,740 and the 90th is $74,170. Pay ranks 368th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,016/mo). Texas has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $562 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Beaumont, about 144 miles away, at $1,446 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$562
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,410
$34,740 to $74,170
Rent (1 bd)
$1,016
$1,209 (2 bd)
Employment
500
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
368th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $48,410.
- Taxes$623
- Rent$1,016
- Other living costs$1,833
- Left over$562
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,410
- Federal income tax
- −$3,771
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,703
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $40,936
- Effective tax rate
- 15.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,016
- Groceries
- $363
- Getting around
- $518
- Healthcare
- $408
- Utilities and internet
- $227
- Everything else
- $317
- Total spending
- $2,849
Left over each month
$4,034 gross, minus $623 in tax and $2,849 in living costs.
$562
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Beaumont, $1,446/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in College Station?
$48,410 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 500 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in College Station?
$562 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Texas has no state income tax Rent is $1,016, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Beaumont, about 144 miles away, leaves $1,446 a month, more than College Station.