Electrician · Springfield, OH
Electrician in Springfield: $1,148/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Springfield at $58,370 a year. About 130 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.60). The 10th percentile is $42,330 and the 90th is $82,520. Pay ranks 285th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($829/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 $1,148 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 230 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,148
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,370
$42,330 to $82,520
Rent (1 bd)
$829
$987 (2 bd)
Employment
130
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
285th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $58,370.
- Taxes$957
- Rent$829
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$1,148
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,370
- Federal income tax
- −$4,966
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,465
- State income tax (OH)
- −$889
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,167
- Take-home pay
- $46,883
- Effective tax rate
- 19.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $829
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $571
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$4,864 gross, minus $957 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$1,148
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kankakee, $3,471/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Springfield?
$58,370 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 130 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Springfield?
$1,148 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 $829, and pay covers 5.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 230 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Springfield.