Electrician · Michigan City, IN
Electrician in Michigan City: $1,472/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Michigan City at $65,270 a year. About 130 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 $45,310 and the 90th is $98,690. Pay ranks 164th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($845/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,472 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 64 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,472
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,270
$45,310 to $98,690
Rent (1 bd)
$845
$1,006 (2 bd)
Employment
130
Location quotient 0.67
Pay rank
164th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $65,270.
- Taxes$1,156
- Rent$845
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$1,472
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,270
- Federal income tax
- −$5,973
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,993
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,928
- City / county wage tax
- −$979
- Take-home pay
- $51,396
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $845
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,811
Left over each month
$5,439 gross, minus $1,156 in tax and $2,811 in living costs.
$1,472
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 Michigan City?
$65,270 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 130 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Michigan City?
$1,472 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $845, and pay covers 6.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 64 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Michigan City.