Electrician · Gadsden, AL
Electrician in Gadsden: $440/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Gadsden at $44,490 a year. About 140 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $29,950 and the 90th is $57,590. Pay ranks 385th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($546/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $440 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 79 miles away, at $1,914 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$440
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$44,490
$29,950 to $57,590
Rent (1 bd)
$546
$650 (2 bd)
Employment
140
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
385th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $44,490.
- Taxes$765
- Rent$546
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$440
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $44,490
- Federal income tax
- −$3,300
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,403
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,035
- City / county wage tax
- −$445
- Take-home pay
- $35,307
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $546
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,502
Left over each month
$3,708 gross, minus $765 in tax and $2,502 in living costs.
$440
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $1,914/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Gadsden?
$44,490 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 140 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Gadsden?
$440 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $546, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Chattanooga, about 79 miles away, leaves $1,914 a month, more than Gadsden.