Electrician · Harrisburg, PA
Electrician in Harrisburg: $1,570/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Harrisburg at $71,820 a year. About 1,050 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.64). The 10th percentile is $38,860 and the 90th is $129,510. Pay ranks 129th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,115/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,570 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 124 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,570
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$71,820
$38,860 to $129,510
Rent (1 bd)
$1,115
$1,327 (2 bd)
Employment
1,050
Location quotient 0.64
Pay rank
129th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $71,820.
- Taxes$1,319
- Rent$1,115
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$1,570
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $71,820
- Federal income tax
- −$7,414
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,494
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,205
- City / county wage tax
- −$718
- Take-home pay
- $55,988
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,115
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $527
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,096
Left over each month
$5,985 gross, minus $1,319 in tax and $3,096 in living costs.
$1,570
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 Harrisburg?
$71,820 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,050 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Harrisburg?
$1,570 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,115, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 124 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Harrisburg.