Electrician · Roanoke, VA
Electrician in Roanoke: $802/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Roanoke at $58,200 a year. About 610 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.81). The 10th percentile is $38,590 and the 90th is $75,600. Pay ranks 288th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,090/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $802 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Weirton, about 218 miles away, at $1,934 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$802
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,200
$38,590 to $75,600
Rent (1 bd)
$1,090
$1,298 (2 bd)
Employment
610
Location quotient 0.81
Pay rank
288th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $58,200.
- Taxes$1,000
- Rent$1,090
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$802
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,200
- Federal income tax
- −$4,946
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,452
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,600
- Take-home pay
- $46,202
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,090
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,048
Left over each month
$4,850 gross, minus $1,000 in tax and $3,048 in living costs.
$802
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Weirton, $1,934/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Roanoke?
$58,200 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 610 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Roanoke?
$802 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,090, and pay covers 4.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Weirton, about 218 miles away, leaves $1,934 a month, more than Roanoke.