Electrician · Dover, DE
Electrician in Dover: $682/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Dover at $60,750 a year. About 340 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.02). The 10th percentile is $37,580 and the 90th is $83,460. Pay ranks 233rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,336/mo). Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $682 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 92 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$682
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,750
$37,580 to $83,460
Rent (1 bd)
$1,336
$1,591 (2 bd)
Employment
340
Location quotient 1.02
Pay rank
233rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $60,750.
- Taxes$1,062
- Rent$1,336
- Other living costs$1,982
- Left over$682
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,750
- Federal income tax
- −$5,252
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,647
- State income tax (DE)
- −$2,849
- Take-home pay
- $48,002
- Effective tax rate
- 21.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,336
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,318
Left over each month
$5,063 gross, minus $1,062 in tax and $3,318 in living costs.
$682
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Trenton, $2,249/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Dover?
$60,750 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 340 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Dover?
$682 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,336, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 92 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Dover.