Electrician · Fort Wayne, IN
Electrician in Fort Wayne: $1,692/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Fort Wayne at $71,290 a year. About 1,260 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.15). The 10th percentile is $42,720 and the 90th is $95,150. Pay ranks 132nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($970/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,692 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 138 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,692
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$71,290
$42,720 to $95,150
Rent (1 bd)
$970
$1,155 (2 bd)
Employment
1,260
Location quotient 1.15
Pay rank
132nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $71,290.
- Taxes$1,327
- Rent$970
- Other living costs$1,951
- Left over$1,692
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $71,290
- Federal income tax
- −$7,298
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,454
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,109
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,069
- Take-home pay
- $55,360
- Effective tax rate
- 22.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $970
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $579
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,921
Left over each month
$5,941 gross, minus $1,327 in tax and $2,921 in living costs.
$1,692
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 Fort Wayne?
$71,290 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,260 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Fort Wayne?
$1,692 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $970, and pay covers 6.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 138 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Fort Wayne.