Electrician · Lynchburg, VA
Electrician in Lynchburg: $971/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Lynchburg at $58,750 a year. About 380 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.80). The 10th percentile is $35,830 and the 90th is $84,710. Pay ranks 272nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $971 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Weirton, about 224 miles away, at $1,934 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$971
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,750
$35,830 to $84,710
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,128 (2 bd)
Employment
380
Location quotient 0.80
Pay rank
272nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $58,750.
- Taxes$1,011
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,965
- Left over$971
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,750
- Federal income tax
- −$5,012
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,494
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,632
- Take-home pay
- $46,612
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $2,913
Left over each month
$4,896 gross, minus $1,011 in tax and $2,913 in living costs.
$971
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Weirton, $1,934/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Lynchburg?
$58,750 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 380 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Lynchburg?
$971 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $948, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Weirton, about 224 miles away, leaves $1,934 a month, more than Lynchburg.