Electrician · San Francisco, CA
Electrician in San Francisco: $741/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in San Francisco at $92,830 a year. About 9,060 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 $55,360 and the 90th is $182,340. Pay ranks 23rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,635/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $741 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 167 miles away, at $2,277 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$741
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$92,830
$55,360 to $182,340
Rent (1 bd)
$2,635
$3,137 (2 bd)
Employment
9,060
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
23rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $92,830.
- Taxes$1,946
- Rent$2,635
- Other$2,414
- Left$741
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $92,830
- Federal income tax
- −$11,593
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,101
- State income tax (CA)
- −$4,660
- Take-home pay
- $69,476
- Effective tax rate
- 25.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,635
- Groceries
- $512
- Getting around
- $558
- Healthcare
- $576
- Utilities and internet
- $320
- Everything else
- $448
- Total spending
- $5,049
After tax and rent
$741 left/mo
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Carson City, $2,277/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in San Francisco?
$92,830 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 9,060 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in San Francisco?
$741 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,635, and pay covers 2.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Carson City, about 167 miles away, leaves $2,277 a month, more than San Francisco.