Electrician · Corvallis, OR
Electrician in Corvallis: $2,489/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Corvallis at $99,880 a year. About 80 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.40). The 10th percentile is $59,860 and the 90th is $115,240. Pay ranks 9th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,362/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,489 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Longview, about 122 miles away, at $3,053 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,489
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$99,880
$59,860 to $115,240
Rent (1 bd)
$1,362
$1,622 (2 bd)
Employment
80
Location quotient 0.40
Pay rank
9th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $99,880.
- Taxes$2,452
- Rent$1,362
- Other living costs$2,020
- Left over$2,489
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $99,880
- Federal income tax
- −$13,588
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,641
- State income tax (OR)
- −$8,198
- Take-home pay
- $70,453
- Effective tax rate
- 29.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,362
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $447
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,382
Left over each month
$8,323 gross, minus $2,452 in tax and $3,382 in living costs.
$2,489
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Longview, $3,053/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Corvallis?
$99,880 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 80 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Corvallis?
$2,489 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,362, and pay covers 6.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Longview, about 122 miles away, leaves $3,053 a month, more than Corvallis.