Electrician · Louisville, KY
Electrician in Louisville: $1,113/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Louisville at $62,440 a year. About 4,340 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.30). The 10th percentile is $37,700 and the 90th is $85,260. Pay ranks 194th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,113 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 232 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,113
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,440
$37,700 to $85,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,247 (2 bd)
Employment
4,340
Location quotient 1.30
Pay rank
194th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $62,440.
- Taxes$1,164
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$1,113
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,440
- Federal income tax
- −$5,454
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,777
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,367
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,374
- Take-home pay
- $48,469
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,926
Left over each month
$5,203 gross, minus $1,164 in tax and $2,926 in living costs.
$1,113
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 Louisville?
$62,440 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,340 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Louisville?
$1,113 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 5.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 232 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Louisville.