Electrician · Provo, UT
Electrician in Provo: $824/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Provo at $60,860 a year. About 2,080 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.40). The 10th percentile is $38,020 and the 90th is $88,320. Pay ranks 231st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,303/mo). Utah charges a 4.55% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $824 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Pocatello, about 195 miles away, at $1,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$824
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,860
$38,020 to $88,320
Rent (1 bd)
$1,303
$1,551 (2 bd)
Employment
2,080
Location quotient 1.40
Pay rank
231st 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 $60,860.
- Taxes$1,057
- Rent$1,303
- Other living costs$1,887
- Left over$824
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,860
- Federal income tax
- −$5,265
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,656
- State income tax (UT)
- −$2,769
- Take-home pay
- $48,170
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,303
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $482
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,190
Left over each month
$5,072 gross, minus $1,057 in tax and $3,190 in living costs.
$824
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Pocatello, $1,180/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Provo?
$60,860 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,080 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Provo?
$824 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Utah charges a 4.55% flat income tax Rent is $1,303, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Pocatello, about 195 miles away, leaves $1,180 a month, more than Provo.