Electrician · Hartford, CT
Electrician in Hartford: $1,322/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Hartford at $77,680 a year. About 2,870 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $46,220 and the 90th is $99,610. Pay ranks 75th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,625/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,322 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 149 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,322
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,680
$46,220 to $99,610
Rent (1 bd)
$1,625
$1,934 (2 bd)
Employment
2,870
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
75th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,680.
- Taxes$1,514
- Rent$1,625
- Other living costs$2,012
- Left over$1,322
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,680
- Federal income tax
- −$8,704
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,943
- State income tax (CT)
- −$3,522
- Take-home pay
- $59,511
- Effective tax rate
- 23.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,625
- Groceries
- $412
- Getting around
- $519
- Healthcare
- $464
- Utilities and internet
- $258
- Everything else
- $361
- Total spending
- $3,637
Left over each month
$6,473 gross, minus $1,514 in tax and $3,637 in living costs.
$1,322
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 Hartford?
$77,680 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,870 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Hartford?
$1,322 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,625, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 149 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Hartford.