Electrician · Decatur, AL
Electrician in Decatur: $1,415/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Decatur at $63,930 a year. About 480 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.60). The 10th percentile is $39,450 and the 90th is $133,180. Pay ranks 174th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($772/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 $1,415 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Evansville, about 247 miles away, at $2,204 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,415
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,930
$39,450 to $133,180
Rent (1 bd)
$772
$919 (2 bd)
Employment
480
Location quotient 1.60
Pay rank
174th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $63,930.
- Taxes$1,185
- Rent$772
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$1,415
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,930
- Federal income tax
- −$5,679
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,891
- State income tax (AL)
- −$3,007
- City / county wage tax
- −$639
- Take-home pay
- $49,715
- Effective tax rate
- 22.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $772
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,728
Left over each month
$5,328 gross, minus $1,185 in tax and $2,728 in living costs.
$1,415
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Evansville, $2,204/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Decatur?
$63,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 480 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Decatur?
$1,415 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 $772, and pay covers 6.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Evansville, about 247 miles away, leaves $2,204 a month, more than Decatur.