Electrician · Elkhart, IN
Electrician in Elkhart: $1,029/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Elkhart at $58,640 a year. About 590 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.95). The 10th percentile is $37,560 and the 90th is $94,970. Pay ranks 276th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($884/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,029 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 108 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,029
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,640
$37,560 to $94,970
Rent (1 bd)
$884
$1,052 (2 bd)
Employment
590
Location quotient 0.95
Pay rank
276th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $58,640.
- Taxes$1,008
- Rent$884
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$1,029
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,640
- Federal income tax
- −$4,998
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,486
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,729
- City / county wage tax
- −$880
- Take-home pay
- $46,547
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $884
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,850
Left over each month
$4,887 gross, minus $1,008 in tax and $2,850 in living costs.
$1,029
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kankakee, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Elkhart?
$58,640 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 590 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Elkhart?
$1,029 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $884, and pay covers 5.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 108 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Elkhart.