Electrician · St. Joseph, MO
Electrician in St. Joseph: $3,533/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in St. Joseph at $97,350 a year. About 350 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.34). The 10th percentile is $47,560 and the 90th is $116,850. Pay ranks 17th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($754/mo). Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,533 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Sioux City is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,945 left over a month), and St. Joseph still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,533
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,350
$47,560 to $116,850
Rent (1 bd)
$754
$898 (2 bd)
Employment
350
Location quotient 1.34
Pay rank
17th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $97,350.
- Taxes$2,011
- Rent$754
- Other living costs$1,815
- Left over$3,533
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,350
- Federal income tax
- −$13,031
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,447
- State income tax (MO)
- −$3,649
- Take-home pay
- $73,223
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $754
- Groceries
- $350
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $394
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,569
Left over each month
$8,113 gross, minus $2,011 in tax and $2,569 in living costs.
$3,533
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sioux City, $1,945/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in St. Joseph?
$97,350 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 350 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in St. Joseph?
$3,533 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $754, and pay covers 10.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
St. Joseph leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Sioux City at $1,945 a month.