Electrician · Lansing, MI
Electrician in Lansing: $2,250/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Lansing at $80,480 a year. About 1,140 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $44,550 and the 90th is $95,630. Pay ranks 45th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($980/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,250 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 200 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,250
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,480
$44,550 to $95,630
Rent (1 bd)
$980
$1,167 (2 bd)
Employment
1,140
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
45th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $80,480.
- Taxes$1,622
- Rent$980
- Other living costs$1,855
- Left over$2,250
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,480
- Federal income tax
- −$9,320
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,157
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,182
- City / county wage tax
- −$805
- Take-home pay
- $61,016
- Effective tax rate
- 24.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $980
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $486
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,835
Left over each month
$6,707 gross, minus $1,622 in tax and $2,835 in living costs.
$2,250
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 Lansing?
$80,480 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,140 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Lansing?
$2,250 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $980, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 200 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Lansing.