Electrician · Rockford, IL
Electrician in Rockford: $2,911/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Rockford at $93,280 a year. About 370 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.55). The 10th percentile is $58,690 and the 90th is $125,090. Pay ranks 22nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($940/mo). Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,911 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 102 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,911
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$93,280
$58,690 to $125,090
Rent (1 bd)
$940
$1,119 (2 bd)
Employment
370
Location quotient 0.55
Pay rank
22nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $93,280.
- Taxes$1,979
- Rent$940
- Other living costs$1,943
- Left over$2,911
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $93,280
- Federal income tax
- −$12,136
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,136
- State income tax (IL)
- −$4,480
- Take-home pay
- $69,528
- Effective tax rate
- 25.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $940
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $575
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$7,773 gross, minus $1,979 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$2,911
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kankakee, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Rockford?
$93,280 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 370 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Rockford?
$2,911 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax Rent is $940, and pay covers 8.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 102 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Rockford.