Electrician · Salem, OR
Electrician in Salem: $2,382/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Salem at $98,850 a year. About 1,000 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.09). The 10th percentile is $57,630 and the 90th is $129,010. Pay ranks 12th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,270/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,382 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Longview, about 90 miles away, at $3,053 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,382
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$98,850
$57,630 to $129,010
Rent (1 bd)
$1,270
$1,512 (2 bd)
Employment
1,000
Location quotient 1.09
Pay rank
12th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $98,850.
- Taxes$2,419
- Rent$1,270
- Other living costs$2,166
- Left over$2,382
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $98,850
- Federal income tax
- −$13,361
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,562
- State income tax (OR)
- −$8,108
- Take-home pay
- $69,819
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,270
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,436
Left over each month
$8,238 gross, minus $2,419 in tax and $3,436 in living costs.
$2,382
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Longview, $3,053/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Salem?
$98,850 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,000 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Salem?
$2,382 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,270, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Longview, about 90 miles away, leaves $3,053 a month, more than Salem.