Electrician · Scranton, PA
Electrician in Scranton: $1,429/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Scranton at $69,540 a year. About 1,050 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.84). The 10th percentile is $42,210 and the 90th is $118,180. Pay ranks 139th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,070/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,429 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 95 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,429
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$69,540
$42,210 to $118,180
Rent (1 bd)
$1,070
$1,274 (2 bd)
Employment
1,050
Location quotient 0.84
Pay rank
139th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $69,540.
- Taxes$1,255
- Rent$1,070
- Other living costs$2,041
- Left over$1,429
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $69,540
- Federal income tax
- −$6,913
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,320
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,135
- City / county wage tax
- −$695
- Take-home pay
- $54,477
- Effective tax rate
- 21.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,070
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,111
Left over each month
$5,795 gross, minus $1,255 in tax and $3,111 in living costs.
$1,429
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Trenton, $2,249/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Scranton?
$69,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,050 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Scranton?
$1,429 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,070, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 95 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Scranton.