Electrician · State College, PA
Electrician in State College: $573/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in State College at $57,600 a year. About 180 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.54). The 10th percentile is $44,320 and the 90th is $75,740. Pay ranks 298th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,342/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 $573 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 171 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$573
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,600
$44,320 to $75,740
Rent (1 bd)
$1,342
$1,598 (2 bd)
Employment
180
Location quotient 0.54
Pay rank
298th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $57,600.
- Taxes$969
- Rent$1,342
- Other living costs$1,916
- Left over$573
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,600
- Federal income tax
- −$4,874
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,406
- State income tax (PA)
- −$1,768
- City / county wage tax
- −$576
- Take-home pay
- $45,976
- Effective tax rate
- 20.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,342
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $461
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,258
Left over each month
$4,800 gross, minus $969 in tax and $3,258 in living costs.
$573
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 State College?
$57,600 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 180 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in State College?
$573 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 $1,342, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 171 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than State College.