Electrician · Sandusky, OH
Electrician in Sandusky: $1,484/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Sandusky at $64,060 a year. About 260 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $42,210 and the 90th is $102,680. Pay ranks 172nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($830/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,484 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 187 miles away, at $2,979 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,484
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,060
$42,210 to $102,680
Rent (1 bd)
$830
$988 (2 bd)
Employment
260
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
172nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $64,060.
- Taxes$1,078
- Rent$830
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$1,484
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,060
- Federal income tax
- −$5,707
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,901
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,045
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,281
- Take-home pay
- $51,126
- Effective tax rate
- 20.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $830
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $587
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,776
Left over each month
$5,338 gross, minus $1,078 in tax and $2,776 in living costs.
$1,484
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $2,979/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Sandusky?
$64,060 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 260 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Sandusky?
$1,484 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $830, and pay covers 6.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kokomo, about 187 miles away, leaves $2,979 a month, more than Sandusky.