Electrician · Richmond, VA
Electrician in Richmond: $739/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Richmond at $61,350 a year. About 3,600 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.12). The 10th percentile is $39,070 and the 90th is $80,740. Pay ranks 219th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,362/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $739 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 247 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$739
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,350
$39,070 to $80,740
Rent (1 bd)
$1,362
$1,621 (2 bd)
Employment
3,600
Location quotient 1.12
Pay rank
219th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $61,350.
- Taxes$1,067
- Rent$1,362
- Other living costs$1,945
- Left over$739
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,350
- Federal income tax
- −$5,324
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,693
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,781
- Take-home pay
- $48,552
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,362
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,307
Left over each month
$5,113 gross, minus $1,067 in tax and $3,307 in living costs.
$739
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 Richmond?
$61,350 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,600 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Richmond?
$739 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,362, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 247 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Richmond.