Electrician · Fairbanks, AK
Electrician in Fairbanks: $2,746/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Fairbanks at $97,860 a year. About 260 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.48). The 10th percentile is $60,210 and the 90th is $106,080. Pay ranks 15th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,378/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,746 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Anchorage is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,848 left over a month), and Fairbanks still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,746
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,860
$60,210 to $106,080
Rent (1 bd)
$1,378
$1,640 (2 bd)
Employment
260
Location quotient 1.48
Pay rank
15th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $97,860.
- Taxes$1,719
- Rent$1,378
- Other living costs$2,312
- Left over$2,746
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,860
- Federal income tax
- −$13,143
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,486
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $77,231
- Effective tax rate
- 21.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,378
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $656
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,690
Left over each month
$8,155 gross, minus $1,719 in tax and $3,690 in living costs.
$2,746
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Anchorage, $1,848/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Fairbanks?
$97,860 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 260 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Fairbanks?
$2,746 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,378, and pay covers 5.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Fairbanks leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Anchorage at $1,848 a month.