Electrician · Niles, MI
Electrician in Niles: $1,277/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Niles at $64,060 a year. About 240 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.82). The 10th percentile is $40,220 and the 90th is $107,660. Pay ranks 172nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,000/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 $1,277 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 73 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,277
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,060
$40,220 to $107,660
Rent (1 bd)
$1,000
$1,190 (2 bd)
Employment
240
Location quotient 0.82
Pay rank
172nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $64,060.
- Taxes$1,144
- Rent$1,000
- Other living costs$1,917
- Left over$1,277
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,060
- Federal income tax
- −$5,707
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,901
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,485
- City / county wage tax
- −$641
- Take-home pay
- $50,327
- Effective tax rate
- 21.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,000
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$5,338 gross, minus $1,144 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$1,277
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 Niles?
$64,060 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 Niles?
$1,277 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 $1,000, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 73 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Niles.