Electrician · Elizabethtown, KY
Electrician in Elizabethtown: $698/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Elizabethtown at $54,460 a year. About 300 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.19). The 10th percentile is $37,600 and the 90th is $72,340. Pay ranks 327th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($942/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $698 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Champaign, about 221 miles away, at $3,453 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$698
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$54,460
$37,600 to $72,340
Rent (1 bd)
$942
$1,121 (2 bd)
Employment
300
Location quotient 1.19
Pay rank
327th 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 $54,460.
- Taxes$961
- Rent$942
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$698
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,460
- Federal income tax
- −$4,497
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,166
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,048
- City / county wage tax
- −$817
- Take-home pay
- $42,933
- Effective tax rate
- 21.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $942
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,880
Left over each month
$4,538 gross, minus $961 in tax and $2,880 in living costs.
$698
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Champaign, $3,453/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Elizabethtown?
$54,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 300 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Elizabethtown?
$698 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $942, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Champaign, about 221 miles away, leaves $3,453 a month, more than Elizabethtown.