Electrician · Napa, CA
Electrician in Napa: $686/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Napa at $78,080 a year. About 240 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.64). The 10th percentile is $50,850 and the 90th is $120,620. Pay ranks 72nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,165/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $686 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 146 miles away, at $2,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$686
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,080
$50,850 to $120,620
Rent (1 bd)
$2,165
$2,577 (2 bd)
Employment
240
Location quotient 0.64
Pay rank
72nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $78,080.
- Taxes$1,504
- Rent$2,165
- Other living costs$2,151
- Left over$686
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,080
- Federal income tax
- −$8,792
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,973
- State income tax (CA)
- −$3,289
- Take-home pay
- $60,027
- Effective tax rate
- 23.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,165
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,316
Left over each month
$6,507 gross, minus $1,504 in tax and $4,316 in living costs.
$686
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Carson City, $2,240/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Napa?
$78,080 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 240 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Napa?
$686 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,165, and pay covers 3.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Carson City, about 146 miles away, leaves $2,240 a month, more than Napa.