Electrician · Grand Forks, ND
Electrician in Grand Forks: $2,060/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Grand Forks at $69,710 a year. About 350 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.40). The 10th percentile is $44,670 and the 90th is $94,790. Pay ranks 137th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($924/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,060 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fargo, about 64 miles away, at $2,531 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,060
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$69,710
$44,670 to $94,790
Rent (1 bd)
$924
$1,100 (2 bd)
Employment
350
Location quotient 1.40
Pay rank
137th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $69,710.
- Taxes$1,034
- Rent$924
- Other living costs$1,791
- Left over$2,060
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $69,710
- Federal income tax
- −$6,950
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,333
- State income tax (ND)
- −$129
- Take-home pay
- $57,298
- Effective tax rate
- 17.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $924
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $525
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,715
Left over each month
$5,809 gross, minus $1,034 in tax and $2,715 in living costs.
$2,060
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fargo, $2,531/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Grand Forks?
$69,710 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 350 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Grand Forks?
$2,060 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $924, and pay covers 6.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Fargo, about 64 miles away, leaves $2,531 a month, more than Grand Forks.