Electrician · Jonesboro, AR
Electrician in Jonesboro: $600/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Jonesboro at $48,740 a year. About 340 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.17). The 10th percentile is $31,470 and the 90th is $66,200. Pay ranks 365th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($837/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $600 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Evansville, about 235 miles away, at $2,204 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$600
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,740
$31,470 to $66,200
Rent (1 bd)
$837
$996 (2 bd)
Employment
340
Location quotient 1.17
Pay rank
365th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $48,740.
- Taxes$769
- Rent$837
- Other living costs$1,856
- Left over$600
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,740
- Federal income tax
- −$3,810
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,729
- State income tax (AR)
- −$1,688
- Take-home pay
- $39,513
- Effective tax rate
- 18.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $837
- Groceries
- $357
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $402
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $313
- Total spending
- $2,693
Left over each month
$4,062 gross, minus $769 in tax and $2,693 in living costs.
$600
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Evansville, $2,204/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Jonesboro?
$48,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 340 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Jonesboro?
$600 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $837, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Evansville, about 235 miles away, leaves $2,204 a month, more than Jonesboro.