Electrician · Kokomo, IN
Electrician in Kokomo: $2,979/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Kokomo at $91,290 a year. About 730 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 4.20). The 10th percentile is $54,450 and the 90th is $98,720. Pay ranks 25th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($766/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,979 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 102 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,979
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$91,290
$54,450 to $98,720
Rent (1 bd)
$766
$912 (2 bd)
Employment
730
Location quotient 4.20
Pay rank
25th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $91,290.
- Taxes$1,897
- Rent$766
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$2,979
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $91,290
- Federal income tax
- −$11,698
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,984
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,709
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,369
- Take-home pay
- $68,530
- Effective tax rate
- 24.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $766
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,732
Left over each month
$7,608 gross, minus $1,897 in tax and $2,732 in living costs.
$2,979
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 Kokomo?
$91,290 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 730 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Kokomo?
$2,979 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $766, and pay covers 9.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 102 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Kokomo.