Electrician · Knoxville, TN
Electrician in Knoxville: $912/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Knoxville at $58,640 a year. About 2,170 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.05). The 10th percentile is $38,020 and the 90th is $79,530. Pay ranks 276th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,296/mo). Tennessee has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $912 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
$912
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,640
$38,020 to $79,530
Rent (1 bd)
$1,296
$1,543 (2 bd)
Employment
2,170
Location quotient 1.05
Pay rank
276th 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 $58,640.
- Taxes$790
- Rent$1,296
- Other living costs$1,888
- Left over$912
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,640
- Federal income tax
- −$4,998
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,486
- State income tax (TN)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $49,156
- Effective tax rate
- 16.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,296
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $554
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $3,184
Left over each month
$4,887 gross, minus $790 in tax and $3,184 in living costs.
$912
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 Knoxville?
$58,640 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,170 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Knoxville?
$912 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Tennessee has no state income tax Rent is $1,296, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Evansville, about 235 miles away, leaves $2,204 a month, more than Knoxville.