Electrician · Flint, MI
Electrician in Flint: $2,140/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Flint at $78,270 a year. About 790 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.20). The 10th percentile is $44,200 and the 90th is $101,110. Pay ranks 70th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($887/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,140 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 250 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,140
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,270
$44,200 to $101,110
Rent (1 bd)
$887
$1,056 (2 bd)
Employment
790
Location quotient 1.20
Pay rank
70th 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 $78,270.
- Taxes$1,558
- Rent$887
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$2,140
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,270
- Federal income tax
- −$8,833
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,988
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,088
- City / county wage tax
- −$783
- Take-home pay
- $59,578
- Effective tax rate
- 23.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $887
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$6,523 gross, minus $1,558 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$2,140
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kankakee, $3,471/mo.
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- Nurse practitioner
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Flint?
$78,270 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 790 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Flint?
$2,140 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $887, and pay covers 7.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 250 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Flint.