Electrician · Hickory, NC
Electrician in Hickory: $481/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Hickory at $53,730 a year. About 570 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $39,480 and the 90th is $75,570. Pay ranks 336th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,142/mo). North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $481 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 226 miles away, at $1,914 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$481
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$53,730
$39,480 to $75,570
Rent (1 bd)
$1,142
$1,360 (2 bd)
Employment
570
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
336th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $53,730.
- Taxes$855
- Rent$1,142
- Other living costs$1,999
- Left over$481
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $53,730
- Federal income tax
- −$4,409
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,110
- State income tax (NC)
- −$1,742
- Take-home pay
- $43,469
- Effective tax rate
- 19.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,142
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $605
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,141
Left over each month
$4,478 gross, minus $855 in tax and $3,141 in living costs.
$481
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 Hickory?
$53,730 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 570 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Hickory?
$481 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax Rent is $1,142, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Chattanooga, about 226 miles away, leaves $1,914 a month, more than Hickory.