Electrician · Ithaca, NY
Electrician in Ithaca: $1,203/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Ithaca at $70,720 a year. About 100 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.42). The 10th percentile is $50,590 and the 90th is $80,470. Pay ranks 135th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,571/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,203 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 176 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,203
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$70,720
$50,590 to $80,470
Rent (1 bd)
$1,571
$1,870 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.42
Pay rank
135th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $70,720.
- Taxes$1,322
- Rent$1,571
- Other living costs$1,797
- Left over$1,203
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $70,720
- Federal income tax
- −$7,172
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,410
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,285
- Take-home pay
- $54,853
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,571
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $359
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,368
Left over each month
$5,893 gross, minus $1,322 in tax and $3,368 in living costs.
$1,203
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 Ithaca?
$70,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Ithaca?
$1,203 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,571, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 176 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Ithaca.