Electrician · Dothan, AL
Electrician in Dothan: $356/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Dothan at $47,630 a year. About 280 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $36,700 and the 90th is $111,000. Pay ranks 374th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($825/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 $356 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Decatur, about 243 miles away, at $1,415 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$356
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,630
$36,700 to $111,000
Rent (1 bd)
$825
$982 (2 bd)
Employment
280
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
374th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $47,630.
- Taxes$832
- Rent$825
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$356
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,630
- Federal income tax
- −$3,677
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,644
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,192
- City / county wage tax
- −$476
- Take-home pay
- $37,641
- Effective tax rate
- 21.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $825
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,781
Left over each month
$3,969 gross, minus $832 in tax and $2,781 in living costs.
$356
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $1,415/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Dothan?
$47,630 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 280 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Dothan?
$356 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 $825, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Decatur, about 243 miles away, leaves $1,415 a month, more than Dothan.