Electrician · Spartanburg, SC
Electrician in Spartanburg: $1,002/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Spartanburg at $62,050 a year. About 600 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.75). The 10th percentile is $46,870 and the 90th is $78,280. Pay ranks 203rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,141/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,002 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 200 miles away, at $1,914 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,002
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,050
$46,870 to $78,280
Rent (1 bd)
$1,141
$1,358 (2 bd)
Employment
600
Location quotient 0.75
Pay rank
203rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $62,050.
- Taxes$1,035
- Rent$1,141
- Other living costs$1,993
- Left over$1,002
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,050
- Federal income tax
- −$5,408
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,747
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,265
- Take-home pay
- $49,631
- Effective tax rate
- 20.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,141
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $601
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,134
Left over each month
$5,171 gross, minus $1,035 in tax and $3,134 in living costs.
$1,002
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $1,914/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Spartanburg?
$62,050 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 600 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Spartanburg?
$1,002 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,141, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Chattanooga, about 200 miles away, leaves $1,914 a month, more than Spartanburg.