Electrician · Florence, SC
Electrician in Florence: $662/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Florence at $57,550 a year. About 240 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.56). The 10th percentile is $43,190 and the 90th is $71,430. Pay ranks 299th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,205/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $662 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingsport, about 225 miles away, at $1,346 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$662
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,550
$43,190 to $71,430
Rent (1 bd)
$1,205
$1,435 (2 bd)
Employment
240
Location quotient 0.56
Pay rank
299th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $57,550.
- Taxes$938
- Rent$1,205
- Other living costs$1,991
- Left over$662
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,550
- Federal income tax
- −$4,868
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,403
- State income tax (SC)
- −$1,986
- Take-home pay
- $46,294
- Effective tax rate
- 19.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,205
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $599
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,196
Left over each month
$4,796 gross, minus $938 in tax and $3,196 in living costs.
$662
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kingsport, $1,346/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Florence?
$57,550 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 240 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Florence?
$662 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,205, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kingsport, about 225 miles away, leaves $1,346 a month, more than Florence.