Electrician · Muskegon, MI
Electrician in Muskegon: $1,932/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Muskegon at $77,100 a year. About 340 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.12). The 10th percentile is $43,400 and the 90th is $96,820. Pay ranks 87th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,007/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 $1,932 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 174 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,932
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,100
$43,400 to $96,820
Rent (1 bd)
$1,007
$1,199 (2 bd)
Employment
340
Location quotient 1.12
Pay rank
87th 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 $77,100.
- Taxes$1,524
- Rent$1,007
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$1,932
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,100
- Federal income tax
- −$8,576
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,898
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,039
- City / county wage tax
- −$771
- Take-home pay
- $58,816
- Effective tax rate
- 23.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,007
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,969
Left over each month
$6,425 gross, minus $1,524 in tax and $2,969 in living costs.
$1,932
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 Muskegon?
$77,100 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 Muskegon?
$1,932 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 $1,007, and pay covers 6.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 174 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Muskegon.