Electrician · Kalamazoo, MI
Electrician in Kalamazoo: $1,399/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Kalamazoo at $65,690 a year. About 680 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.14). The 10th percentile is $39,540 and the 90th is $100,900. Pay ranks 154th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($976/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,399 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 142 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,399
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,690
$39,540 to $100,900
Rent (1 bd)
$976
$1,162 (2 bd)
Employment
680
Location quotient 1.14
Pay rank
154th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $65,690.
- Taxes$1,192
- Rent$976
- Other living costs$1,907
- Left over$1,399
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,690
- Federal income tax
- −$6,066
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,025
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,554
- City / county wage tax
- −$657
- Take-home pay
- $51,388
- Effective tax rate
- 21.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $976
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $538
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$5,474 gross, minus $1,192 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$1,399
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kankakee, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Kalamazoo?
$65,690 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 680 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Kalamazoo?
$1,399 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $976, and pay covers 5.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 142 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Kalamazoo.