Electrician · Monroe, MI
Electrician in Monroe: $2,202/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Monroe at $80,620 a year. About 150 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $46,800 and the 90th is $110,390. Pay ranks 44th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($940/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,202 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 232 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,202
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,620
$46,800 to $110,390
Rent (1 bd)
$940
$1,119 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
44th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $80,620.
- Taxes$1,626
- Rent$940
- Other living costs$1,950
- Left over$2,202
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,620
- Federal income tax
- −$9,350
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,167
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,188
- City / county wage tax
- −$806
- Take-home pay
- $61,108
- Effective tax rate
- 24.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $940
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $581
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,890
Left over each month
$6,718 gross, minus $1,626 in tax and $2,890 in living costs.
$2,202
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 Monroe?
$80,620 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Monroe?
$2,202 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $940, and pay covers 7.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 232 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Monroe.