Electrician · El Centro, CA
Electrician in El Centro: $1,581/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in El Centro at $74,450 a year. About 160 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.51). The 10th percentile is $45,570 and the 90th is $121,310. Pay ranks 119th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,009/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,581 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Las Vegas is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,546 left over a month), and El Centro still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,581
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,450
$45,570 to $121,310
Rent (1 bd)
$1,009
$1,201 (2 bd)
Employment
160
Location quotient 0.51
Pay rank
119th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $74,450.
- Taxes$1,388
- Rent$1,009
- Other living costs$2,226
- Left over$1,581
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,450
- Federal income tax
- −$7,993
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,695
- State income tax (CA)
- −$2,973
- Take-home pay
- $57,789
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,009
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $655
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $3,235
Left over each month
$6,204 gross, minus $1,388 in tax and $3,235 in living costs.
$1,581
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Las Vegas, $1,546/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in El Centro?
$74,450 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 160 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in El Centro?
$1,581 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,009, and pay covers 6.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
El Centro leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Las Vegas at $1,546 a month.