Electrician · Columbia, MO
Electrician in Columbia: $1,333/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Columbia at $61,500 a year. About 290 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.55). The 10th percentile is $39,520 and the 90th is $88,940. Pay ranks 215th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,020/mo). Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,333 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Joseph, about 131 miles away, at $3,533 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,333
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,500
$39,520 to $88,940
Rent (1 bd)
$1,020
$1,214 (2 bd)
Employment
290
Location quotient 0.55
Pay rank
215th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $61,500.
- Taxes$1,001
- Rent$1,020
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$1,333
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,500
- Federal income tax
- −$5,342
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,705
- State income tax (MO)
- −$1,964
- Take-home pay
- $49,490
- Effective tax rate
- 19.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,020
- Groceries
- $350
- Getting around
- $502
- Healthcare
- $394
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,791
Left over each month
$5,125 gross, minus $1,001 in tax and $2,791 in living costs.
$1,333
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: St. Joseph, $3,533/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Columbia?
$61,500 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 290 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Columbia?
$1,333 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,020, and pay covers 5.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
St. Joseph, about 131 miles away, leaves $3,533 a month, more than Columbia.