Electrician · Eau Claire, WI
Electrician in Eau Claire: $2,062/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Eau Claire at $75,380 a year. About 350 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.83). The 10th percentile is $44,450 and the 90th is $92,630. Pay ranks 109th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($911/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,062 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rockford, about 212 miles away, at $2,911 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,062
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,380
$44,450 to $92,630
Rent (1 bd)
$911
$1,085 (2 bd)
Employment
350
Location quotient 0.83
Pay rank
109th 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 $75,380.
- Taxes$1,405
- Rent$911
- Other living costs$1,904
- Left over$2,062
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,380
- Federal income tax
- −$8,198
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,767
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,898
- Take-home pay
- $58,518
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $911
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,815
Left over each month
$6,282 gross, minus $1,405 in tax and $2,815 in living costs.
$2,062
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rockford, $2,911/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Eau Claire?
$75,380 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 350 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Eau Claire?
$2,062 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $911, and pay covers 6.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Rockford, about 212 miles away, leaves $2,911 a month, more than Eau Claire.