Electrician · Los Angeles, CA
Electrician in Los Angeles: $145/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Los Angeles at $73,810 a year. About 20,610 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.67). The 10th percentile is $46,140 and the 90th is $131,680. Pay ranks 124th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,273/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $145 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 164 miles away, at $2,068 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$145
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$73,810
$46,140 to $131,680
Rent (1 bd)
$2,273
$2,706 (2 bd)
Employment
20,610
Location quotient 0.67
Pay rank
124th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $73,810.
- Taxes$1,331
- Rent$2,273
- Other$2,401
- Left$145
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $73,810
- Federal income tax
- −$7,408
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,646
- State income tax (CA)
- −$2,922
- Take-home pay
- $57,833
- Effective tax rate
- 21.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,273
- Groceries
- $476
- Getting around
- $674
- Healthcare
- $536
- Utilities and internet
- $298
- Everything else
- $417
- Total spending
- $4,674
After tax and rent
$145 left/mo
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hanford, $2,068/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Los Angeles?
$73,810 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 20,610 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Los Angeles?
$145 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,273, and pay covers 2.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Hanford, about 164 miles away, leaves $2,068 a month, more than Los Angeles.