Electrician · Kingston, NY
Electrician in Kingston: $1,020/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Kingston at $69,440 a year. About 280 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $44,980 and the 90th is $104,400. Pay ranks 141st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,541/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,020 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 117 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,020
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$69,440
$44,980 to $104,400
Rent (1 bd)
$1,541
$1,834 (2 bd)
Employment
280
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
141st 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 $69,440.
- Taxes$1,285
- Rent$1,541
- Other living costs$1,941
- Left over$1,020
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $69,440
- Federal income tax
- −$6,891
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,312
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,214
- Take-home pay
- $54,023
- Effective tax rate
- 22.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,541
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $502
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,482
Left over each month
$5,787 gross, minus $1,285 in tax and $3,482 in living costs.
$1,020
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 Kingston?
$69,440 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 280 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Kingston?
$1,020 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,541, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 117 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Kingston.