Electrician · Lima, OH
Electrician in Lima: $1,967/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Lima at $75,600 a year. About 250 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.04). The 10th percentile is $39,480 and the 90th is $95,400. Pay ranks 107th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($977/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,967 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 198 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,967
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,600
$39,480 to $95,400
Rent (1 bd)
$977
$1,163 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 1.04
Pay rank
107th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $75,600.
- Taxes$1,409
- Rent$977
- Other living costs$1,947
- Left over$1,967
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,600
- Federal income tax
- −$8,246
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,783
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,363
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,512
- Take-home pay
- $58,696
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $977
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,924
Left over each month
$6,300 gross, minus $1,409 in tax and $2,924 in living costs.
$1,967
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 Lima?
$75,600 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 250 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Lima?
$1,967 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $977, and pay covers 6.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 198 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Lima.