Electrician · New Haven, CT
Electrician in New Haven: $1,286/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in New Haven at $77,410 a year. About 990 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.73). The 10th percentile is $45,180 and the 90th is $104,640. Pay ranks 79th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,655/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,286 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 120 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,286
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,410
$45,180 to $104,640
Rent (1 bd)
$1,655
$1,970 (2 bd)
Employment
990
Location quotient 0.73
Pay rank
79th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,410.
- Taxes$1,506
- Rent$1,655
- Other living costs$2,004
- Left over$1,286
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,410
- Federal income tax
- −$8,644
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,922
- State income tax (CT)
- −$3,508
- Take-home pay
- $59,336
- Effective tax rate
- 23.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,655
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $3,659
Left over each month
$6,451 gross, minus $1,506 in tax and $3,659 in living costs.
$1,286
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Trenton, $2,249/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in New Haven?
$77,410 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 990 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in New Haven?
$1,286 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,655, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 120 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than New Haven.