Electrician · Mobile, AL
Electrician in Mobile: $1,074/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Mobile at $61,720 a year. About 1,360 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.62). The 10th percentile is $38,430 and the 90th is $75,100. Pay ranks 208th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($984/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,074 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Baton Rouge, about 175 miles away, at $1,467 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,074
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,720
$38,430 to $75,100
Rent (1 bd)
$984
$1,171 (2 bd)
Employment
1,360
Location quotient 1.62
Pay rank
208th 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 $61,720.
- Taxes$1,134
- Rent$984
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$1,074
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,720
- Federal income tax
- −$5,368
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,722
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,896
- City / county wage tax
- −$617
- Take-home pay
- $48,117
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $984
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,936
Left over each month
$5,143 gross, minus $1,134 in tax and $2,936 in living costs.
$1,074
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Baton Rouge, $1,467/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Mobile?
$61,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,360 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Mobile?
$1,074 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $984, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Baton Rouge, about 175 miles away, leaves $1,467 a month, more than Mobile.