Electrician · Lexington, KY
Electrician in Lexington: $712/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Lexington at $57,320 a year. About 1,500 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 $36,420 and the 90th is $78,330. Pay ranks 301st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,135/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $712 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 187 miles away, at $2,979 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$712
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,320
$36,420 to $78,330
Rent (1 bd)
$1,135
$1,351 (2 bd)
Employment
1,500
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
301st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $57,320.
- Taxes$1,021
- Rent$1,135
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$712
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,320
- Federal income tax
- −$4,840
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,385
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,162
- City / county wage tax
- −$860
- Take-home pay
- $45,073
- Effective tax rate
- 21.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,135
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,044
Left over each month
$4,777 gross, minus $1,021 in tax and $3,044 in living costs.
$712
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $2,979/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Lexington?
$57,320 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,500 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Lexington?
$712 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,135, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kokomo, about 187 miles away, leaves $2,979 a month, more than Lexington.