Electrician · Owensboro, KY
Electrician in Owensboro: $734/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Owensboro at $55,030 a year. About 260 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.07). The 10th percentile is $36,200 and the 90th is $85,410. Pay ranks 323rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($917/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $734 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 243 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$734
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$55,030
$36,200 to $85,410
Rent (1 bd)
$917
$1,092 (2 bd)
Employment
260
Location quotient 1.07
Pay rank
323rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $55,030.
- Taxes$973
- Rent$917
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$734
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $55,030
- Federal income tax
- −$4,565
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,210
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,070
- City / county wage tax
- −$825
- Take-home pay
- $43,359
- Effective tax rate
- 21.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $917
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,879
Left over each month
$4,586 gross, minus $973 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.
$734
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 Owensboro?
$55,030 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 260 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Owensboro?
$734 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $917, and pay covers 5.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 243 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Owensboro.