Electrician · Riverside, CA
Electrician in Riverside: $645/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Riverside at $72,790 a year. About 7,880 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $45,360 and the 90th is $139,430. Pay ranks 126th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,940/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $645 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hanford, about 233 miles away, at $2,068 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$645
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$72,790
$45,360 to $139,430
Rent (1 bd)
$1,940
$2,309 (2 bd)
Employment
7,880
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
126th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $72,790.
- Taxes$1,299
- Rent$1,940
- Other$2,181
- Left$645
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $72,790
- Federal income tax
- −$7,184
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,568
- State income tax (CA)
- −$2,840
- Take-home pay
- $57,198
- Effective tax rate
- 21.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,940
- Groceries
- $424
- Getting around
- $644
- Healthcare
- $477
- Utilities and internet
- $265
- Everything else
- $371
- Total spending
- $4,121
After tax and rent
$645 left/mo
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hanford, $2,068/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Riverside?
$72,790 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 7,880 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Riverside?
$645 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,940, and pay covers 3.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Hanford, about 233 miles away, leaves $2,068 a month, more than Riverside.