Electrician · Lafayette, IN
Electrician in Lafayette: $2,140/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Lafayette at $78,540 a year. About 580 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.17). The 10th percentile is $43,730 and the 90th is $96,840. Pay ranks 67th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($981/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 $2,140 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 63 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,140
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,540
$43,730 to $96,840
Rent (1 bd)
$981
$1,168 (2 bd)
Employment
580
Location quotient 1.17
Pay rank
67th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $78,540.
- Taxes$1,534
- Rent$981
- Other living costs$1,890
- Left over$2,140
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,540
- Federal income tax
- −$8,893
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,008
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,326
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,178
- Take-home pay
- $60,135
- Effective tax rate
- 23.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $981
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $518
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,871
Left over each month
$6,545 gross, minus $1,534 in tax and $2,871 in living costs.
$2,140
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 Lafayette?
$78,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 580 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Lafayette?
$2,140 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 $981, and pay covers 6.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 63 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Lafayette.