Electrician · Sumter, SC
Electrician in Sumter: $766/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Sumter at $56,200 a year. About 90 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.52). The 10th percentile is $43,680 and the 90th is $69,610. Pay ranks 317th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,013/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $766 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kingsport, about 219 miles away, at $1,346 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$766
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$56,200
$43,680 to $69,610
Rent (1 bd)
$1,013
$1,206 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.52
Pay rank
317th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $56,200.
- Taxes$909
- Rent$1,013
- Other living costs$1,995
- Left over$766
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,200
- Federal income tax
- −$4,706
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,299
- State income tax (SC)
- −$1,902
- Take-home pay
- $45,293
- Effective tax rate
- 19.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,013
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $603
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,008
Left over each month
$4,683 gross, minus $909 in tax and $3,008 in living costs.
$766
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kingsport, $1,346/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Sumter?
$56,200 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Sumter?
$766 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,013, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kingsport, about 219 miles away, leaves $1,346 a month, more than Sumter.