Electrician · Glens Falls, NY
Electrician in Glens Falls: $1,746/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Glens Falls at $77,660 a year. About 230 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.93). The 10th percentile is $44,320 and the 90th is $113,920. Pay ranks 76th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,171/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,746 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 225 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,746
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,660
$44,320 to $113,920
Rent (1 bd)
$1,171
$1,394 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.93
Pay rank
76th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,660.
- Taxes$1,526
- Rent$1,171
- Other living costs$2,029
- Left over$1,746
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,660
- Federal income tax
- −$8,699
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,941
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,666
- Take-home pay
- $59,354
- Effective tax rate
- 23.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,171
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $590
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,200
Left over each month
$6,472 gross, minus $1,526 in tax and $3,200 in living costs.
$1,746
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Trenton, $2,249/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Glens Falls?
$77,660 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Glens Falls?
$1,746 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,171, and pay covers 5.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 225 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Glens Falls.