Electrician · Little Rock, AR
Electrician in Little Rock: $517/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Little Rock at $48,200 a year. About 1,870 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.07). The 10th percentile is $34,740 and the 90th is $70,720. Pay ranks 369th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($906/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $517 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Joplin, about 200 miles away, at $1,762 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$517
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,200
$34,740 to $70,720
Rent (1 bd)
$906
$1,079 (2 bd)
Employment
1,870
Location quotient 1.07
Pay rank
369th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $48,200.
- Taxes$758
- Rent$906
- Other living costs$1,835
- Left over$517
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,200
- Federal income tax
- −$3,746
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,687
- State income tax (AR)
- −$1,667
- Take-home pay
- $39,100
- Effective tax rate
- 18.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $906
- Groceries
- $357
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $402
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $313
- Total spending
- $2,741
Left over each month
$4,017 gross, minus $758 in tax and $2,741 in living costs.
$517
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Joplin, $1,762/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Little Rock?
$48,200 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,870 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Little Rock?
$517 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $906, and pay covers 4.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Joplin, about 200 miles away, leaves $1,762 a month, more than Little Rock.