Electrician · Kankakee, IL
Electrician in Kankakee: $3,471/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Kankakee at $105,500 a year. About 140 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.66). The 10th percentile is $59,390 and the 90th is $111,490. Pay ranks 1st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,060/mo). Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,471 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Champaign is the strongest other metro for this job ($3,453 left over a month), and Kankakee still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,471
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$105,500
$59,390 to $111,490
Rent (1 bd)
$1,060
$1,262 (2 bd)
Employment
140
Location quotient 0.66
Pay rank
1st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $105,500.
- Taxes$2,332
- Rent$1,060
- Other living costs$1,929
- Left over$3,471
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $105,500
- Federal income tax
- −$14,824
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,071
- State income tax (IL)
- −$5,085
- Take-home pay
- $77,520
- Effective tax rate
- 26.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,060
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,989
Left over each month
$8,792 gross, minus $2,332 in tax and $2,989 in living costs.
$3,471
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Champaign, $3,453/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Kankakee?
$105,500 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 140 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Kankakee?
$3,471 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax Rent is $1,060, and pay covers 8.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Champaign at $3,453 a month.