Electrician · Fond du Lac, WI
Electrician in Fond du Lac: $2,148/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Fond du Lac at $77,060 a year. About 170 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.77). The 10th percentile is $45,290 and the 90th is $116,610. Pay ranks 89th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($882/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,148 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 184 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,148
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,060
$45,290 to $116,610
Rent (1 bd)
$882
$1,050 (2 bd)
Employment
170
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
89th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,060.
- Taxes$1,454
- Rent$882
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$2,148
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,060
- Federal income tax
- −$8,567
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,895
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,987
- Take-home pay
- $59,611
- Effective tax rate
- 22.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $882
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,820
Left over each month
$6,422 gross, minus $1,454 in tax and $2,820 in living costs.
$2,148
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 Fond du Lac?
$77,060 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 170 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Fond du Lac?
$2,148 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $882, and pay covers 7.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 184 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Fond du Lac.