Electrician · Houston, TX
Electrician take-home pay in Houston: $1,273 left over a month
A local electrician wage of about $63,500 in Houston, TX, after Texas tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,199. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$1,273
Local pay (annual)
$63,500
$4,422 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,199
$1,427 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a electrician.
- Taxes$870
- Rent$1,199
- Other living costs$1,950
- Left over$1,273
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,500
- Federal income tax
- −$5,584
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,858
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $53,058
- Effective tax rate
- 16.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,199
- Groceries
- $380
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $428
- Utilities and internet
- $238
- Everything else
- $333
- Total spending
- $3,149
Left over each month
$5,292 gross, minus $870 in tax and $3,149 in living costs.
$1,273
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Questions
What is electrician take-home pay in Houston?
On a local electrician wage of about $63,500, leftover after Texas tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,199 is about $1,273 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Houston tax a electrician paycheck?
Houston is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
How does Houston compare for a electrician?
Open the Houston paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same electrician household.