Electrician · Redding, CA
Electrician in Redding: $1,240/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Redding at $69,540 a year. About 320 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.92). The 10th percentile is $46,460 and the 90th is $134,800. Pay ranks 139th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,105/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,240 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 165 miles away, at $2,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,240
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$69,540
$46,460 to $134,800
Rent (1 bd)
$1,105
$1,315 (2 bd)
Employment
320
Location quotient 0.92
Pay rank
139th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $69,540.
- Taxes$1,234
- Rent$1,105
- Other living costs$2,216
- Left over$1,240
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $69,540
- Federal income tax
- −$6,913
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,320
- State income tax (CA)
- −$2,580
- Take-home pay
- $54,727
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,105
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $646
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $3,321
Left over each month
$5,795 gross, minus $1,234 in tax and $3,321 in living costs.
$1,240
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Carson City, $2,240/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Redding?
$69,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 320 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Redding?
$1,240 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,105, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Carson City, about 165 miles away, leaves $2,240 a month, more than Redding.