Electrician · Columbia, SC
Electrician in Columbia: $938/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Columbia at $60,390 a year. About 1,170 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.61). The 10th percentile is $45,330 and the 90th is $78,310. Pay ranks 237th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,157/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $938 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingsport, about 192 miles away, at $1,346 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$938
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,390
$45,330 to $78,310
Rent (1 bd)
$1,157
$1,377 (2 bd)
Employment
1,170
Location quotient 0.61
Pay rank
237th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $60,390.
- Taxes$999
- Rent$1,157
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$938
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,390
- Federal income tax
- −$5,208
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,620
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,162
- Take-home pay
- $48,400
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,157
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,095
Left over each month
$5,033 gross, minus $999 in tax and $3,095 in living costs.
$938
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kingsport, $1,346/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Columbia?
$60,390 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,170 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Columbia?
$938 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,157, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kingsport, about 192 miles away, leaves $1,346 a month, more than Columbia.