Electrician · Evansville, IN
Electrician in Evansville: $2,204/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Evansville at $79,240 a year. About 1,170 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.78). The 10th percentile is $45,010 and the 90th is $96,880. Pay ranks 57th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($893/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 $2,204 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 214 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,204
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,240
$45,010 to $96,880
Rent (1 bd)
$893
$1,063 (2 bd)
Employment
1,170
Location quotient 1.78
Pay rank
57th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $79,240.
- Taxes$1,554
- Rent$893
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$2,204
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,240
- Federal income tax
- −$9,047
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,062
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,347
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,189
- Take-home pay
- $60,596
- Effective tax rate
- 23.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $893
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $581
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,846
Left over each month
$6,603 gross, minus $1,554 in tax and $2,846 in living costs.
$2,204
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 Evansville?
$79,240 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,170 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Evansville?
$2,204 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 $893, and pay covers 7.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 214 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Evansville.