Electrician · Kenosha, WI
Electrician in Kenosha: $1,424/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Kenosha at $74,970 a year. About 120 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.33). The 10th percentile is $39,650 and the 90th is $98,240. Pay ranks 112th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,189/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,424 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 100 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,424
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,970
$39,650 to $98,240
Rent (1 bd)
$1,189
$1,415 (2 bd)
Employment
120
Location quotient 0.33
Pay rank
112th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $74,970.
- Taxes$1,393
- Rent$1,189
- Other living costs$2,241
- Left over$1,424
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,970
- Federal income tax
- −$8,107
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,735
- State income tax (WI)
- −$2,876
- Take-home pay
- $58,252
- Effective tax rate
- 22.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,189
- Groceries
- $439
- Getting around
- $650
- Healthcare
- $494
- Utilities and internet
- $274
- Everything else
- $384
- Total spending
- $3,430
Left over each month
$6,248 gross, minus $1,393 in tax and $3,430 in living costs.
$1,424
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 Kenosha?
$74,970 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 120 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Kenosha?
$1,424 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,189, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 100 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Kenosha.