Electrician · Daphne, AL
Electrician in Daphne: $159/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Daphne at $50,840 a year. About 410 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.96). The 10th percentile is $38,160 and the 90th is $71,150. Pay ranks 349th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,252/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $159 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Baton Rouge, about 201 miles away, at $1,467 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$159
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$50,840
$38,160 to $71,150
Rent (1 bd)
$1,252
$1,490 (2 bd)
Employment
410
Location quotient 0.96
Pay rank
349th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $50,840.
- Taxes$901
- Rent$1,252
- Other living costs$1,925
- Left over$159
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $50,840
- Federal income tax
- −$4,062
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,889
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,352
- City / county wage tax
- −$508
- Take-home pay
- $40,028
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,252
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,177
Left over each month
$4,237 gross, minus $901 in tax and $3,177 in living costs.
$159
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Baton Rouge, $1,467/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Daphne?
$50,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 410 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Daphne?
$159 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,252, and pay covers 3.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Baton Rouge, about 201 miles away, leaves $1,467 a month, more than Daphne.