Electrician · Lubbock, TX
Electrician in Lubbock: $623/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Lubbock at $47,000 a year. About 690 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $35,130 and the 90th is $76,920. Pay ranks 378th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($817/mo). Texas has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $623 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lawton, about 211 miles away, at $1,138 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$623
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,000
$35,130 to $76,920
Rent (1 bd)
$817
$973 (2 bd)
Employment
690
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
378th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $47,000.
- Taxes$600
- Rent$817
- Other living costs$1,877
- Left over$623
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,000
- Federal income tax
- −$3,602
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,596
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $39,803
- Effective tax rate
- 15.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $817
- Groceries
- $363
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $408
- Utilities and internet
- $227
- Everything else
- $317
- Total spending
- $2,694
Left over each month
$3,917 gross, minus $600 in tax and $2,694 in living costs.
$623
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lawton, $1,138/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Lubbock?
$47,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 690 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Lubbock?
$623 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Texas has no state income tax Rent is $817, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Lawton, about 211 miles away, leaves $1,138 a month, more than Lubbock.