Electrician · Lancaster, PA
Electrician in Lancaster: $974/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Lancaster at $63,490 a year. About 1,220 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.00). The 10th percentile is $41,000 and the 90th is $133,150. Pay ranks 179th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,217/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $974 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 83 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$974
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,490
$41,000 to $133,150
Rent (1 bd)
$1,217
$1,449 (2 bd)
Employment
1,220
Location quotient 1.00
Pay rank
179th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $63,490.
- Taxes$1,085
- Rent$1,217
- Other living costs$2,015
- Left over$974
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,490
- Federal income tax
- −$5,582
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,857
- State income tax (PA)
- −$1,949
- City / county wage tax
- −$635
- Take-home pay
- $50,467
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,217
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,232
Left over each month
$5,291 gross, minus $1,085 in tax and $3,232 in living costs.
$974
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 Lancaster?
$63,490 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,220 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Lancaster?
$974 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,217, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 83 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Lancaster.