Electrician · Minot, ND
Electrician in Minot: $1,357/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Minot at $59,800 a year. About 340 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 2.11). The 10th percentile is $45,700 and the 90th is $96,830. Pay ranks 248th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,010/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,357 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fargo, about 220 miles away, at $2,531 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,357
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,800
$45,700 to $96,830
Rent (1 bd)
$1,010
$1,202 (2 bd)
Employment
340
Location quotient 2.11
Pay rank
248th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $59,800.
- Taxes$809
- Rent$1,010
- Other living costs$1,807
- Left over$1,357
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,800
- Federal income tax
- −$5,138
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,575
- State income tax (ND)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $50,088
- Effective tax rate
- 16.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,010
- Groceries
- $348
- Getting around
- $544
- Healthcare
- $392
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $305
- Total spending
- $2,817
Left over each month
$4,983 gross, minus $809 in tax and $2,817 in living costs.
$1,357
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fargo, $2,531/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Minot?
$59,800 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 340 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Minot?
$1,357 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,010, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Fargo, about 220 miles away, leaves $2,531 a month, more than Minot.