Electrician · Green Bay, WI
Electrician in Green Bay: $2,185/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Green Bay at $77,260 a year. About 910 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $45,820 and the 90th is $97,380. Pay ranks 83rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($868/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,185 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 230 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,185
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,260
$45,820 to $97,380
Rent (1 bd)
$868
$1,033 (2 bd)
Employment
910
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
83rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,260.
- Taxes$1,460
- Rent$868
- Other living costs$1,925
- Left over$2,185
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,260
- Federal income tax
- −$8,611
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,910
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,997
- Take-home pay
- $59,741
- Effective tax rate
- 22.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $868
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $556
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,793
Left over each month
$6,438 gross, minus $1,460 in tax and $2,793 in living costs.
$2,185
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 Green Bay?
$77,260 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 910 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Green Bay?
$2,185 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $868, and pay covers 7.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 230 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Green Bay.