Electrician · Greenville, SC
Electrician in Greenville: $909/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Greenville at $60,210 a year. About 1,670 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.79). The 10th percentile is $45,910 and the 90th is $77,840. Pay ranks 242nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,204/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $909 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 169 miles away, at $1,914 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$909
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,210
$45,910 to $77,840
Rent (1 bd)
$1,204
$1,433 (2 bd)
Employment
1,670
Location quotient 0.79
Pay rank
242nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $60,210.
- Taxes$995
- Rent$1,204
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$909
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,210
- Federal income tax
- −$5,187
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,606
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,150
- Take-home pay
- $48,267
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,204
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,113
Left over each month
$5,018 gross, minus $995 in tax and $3,113 in living costs.
$909
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 Greenville?
$60,210 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,670 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Greenville?
$909 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,204, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Chattanooga, about 169 miles away, leaves $1,914 a month, more than Greenville.