Electrician · Saginaw, MI
Electrician in Saginaw: $2,254/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Saginaw at $79,860 a year. About 300 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.78). The 10th percentile is $44,060 and the 90th is $94,360. Pay ranks 49th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($856/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,254 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 246 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,254
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,860
$44,060 to $94,360
Rent (1 bd)
$856
$1,019 (2 bd)
Employment
300
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
49th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $79,860.
- Taxes$1,604
- Rent$856
- Other living costs$1,941
- Left over$2,254
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,860
- Federal income tax
- −$9,183
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,109
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,156
- City / county wage tax
- −$799
- Take-home pay
- $60,613
- Effective tax rate
- 24.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $856
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $573
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,797
Left over each month
$6,655 gross, minus $1,604 in tax and $2,797 in living costs.
$2,254
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 Saginaw?
$79,860 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 300 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Saginaw?
$2,254 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $856, and pay covers 7.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 246 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Saginaw.