Electrician · Providence, RI
Electrician in Providence: $1,099/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Providence at $73,980 a year. About 3,560 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.02). The 10th percentile is $42,760 and the 90th is $102,840. Pay ranks 121st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,740/mo). Rhode Island taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,099 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 204 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,099
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$73,980
$42,760 to $102,840
Rent (1 bd)
$1,740
$2,072 (2 bd)
Employment
3,560
Location quotient 1.02
Pay rank
121st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $73,980.
- Taxes$1,327
- Rent$1,740
- Other living costs$1,999
- Left over$1,099
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $73,980
- Federal income tax
- −$7,890
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,659
- State income tax (RI)
- −$2,379
- Take-home pay
- $58,052
- Effective tax rate
- 21.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,740
- Groceries
- $416
- Getting around
- $491
- Healthcare
- $468
- Utilities and internet
- $260
- Everything else
- $364
- Total spending
- $3,739
Left over each month
$6,165 gross, minus $1,327 in tax and $3,739 in living costs.
$1,099
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 Providence?
$73,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,560 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Providence?
$1,099 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Rhode Island taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,740, and pay covers 3.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 204 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Providence.