Electrician · Fargo, ND
Electrician in Fargo: $2,531/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Fargo at $76,950 a year. About 920 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.27). The 10th percentile is $46,800 and the 90th is $100,320. Pay ranks 92nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($885/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,531 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Mankato is the strongest other metro for this job ($2,524 left over a month), and Fargo still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,531
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,950
$46,800 to $100,320
Rent (1 bd)
$885
$1,054 (2 bd)
Employment
920
Location quotient 1.27
Pay rank
92nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $76,950.
- Taxes$1,225
- Rent$885
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$2,531
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,950
- Federal income tax
- −$8,543
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,887
- State income tax (ND)
- −$271
- Take-home pay
- $62,250
- Effective tax rate
- 19.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $885
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $505
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,656
Left over each month
$6,413 gross, minus $1,225 in tax and $2,656 in living costs.
$2,531
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Mankato, $2,524/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Fargo?
$76,950 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 920 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Fargo?
$2,531 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $885, and pay covers 7.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Fargo leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Mankato at $2,524 a month.