Electrician · Oxnard, CA
Electrician in Oxnard: -$129/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Oxnard at $64,840 a year. About 1,160 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.74). The 10th percentile is $47,070 and the 90th is $122,360. Pay ranks 166th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,281/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$129 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 125 miles away, at $2,031 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$129
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,840
$47,070 to $122,360
Rent (1 bd)
$2,281
$2,715 (2 bd)
Employment
1,160
Location quotient 0.74
Pay rank
166th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $64,840.
- Taxes$1,087
- Rent$2,281
- Other living costs$2,164
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,840
- Federal income tax
- −$5,879
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,960
- State income tax (CA)
- −$2,204
- Take-home pay
- $51,797
- Effective tax rate
- 20.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,281
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,445
Left over each month
$5,403 gross, minus $1,087 in tax and $4,445 in living costs.
-$129
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hanford, $2,031/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Oxnard?
$64,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,160 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Oxnard?
-$129 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,281, and pay covers 2.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Hanford, about 125 miles away, leaves $2,031 a month, more than Oxnard.