Electrician · Syracuse, NY
Electrician in Syracuse: $1,699/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Syracuse at $77,110 a year. About 1,160 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.80). The 10th percentile is $46,080 and the 90th is $117,310. Pay ranks 86th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,236/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,699 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 203 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,699
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,110
$46,080 to $117,310
Rent (1 bd)
$1,236
$1,472 (2 bd)
Employment
1,160
Location quotient 0.80
Pay rank
86th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,110.
- Taxes$1,509
- Rent$1,236
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$1,699
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,110
- Federal income tax
- −$8,578
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,899
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,636
- Take-home pay
- $58,997
- Effective tax rate
- 23.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,236
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $543
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,217
Left over each month
$6,426 gross, minus $1,509 in tax and $3,217 in living costs.
$1,699
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 Syracuse?
$77,110 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,160 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Syracuse?
$1,699 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,236, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 203 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Syracuse.