Electrician · Terre Haute, IN
Electrician in Terre Haute: $2,238/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Terre Haute at $77,650 a year. About 380 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.19). The 10th percentile is $44,850 and the 90th is $99,510. Pay ranks 77th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($759/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,238 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 124 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,238
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,650
$44,850 to $99,510
Rent (1 bd)
$759
$903 (2 bd)
Employment
380
Location quotient 1.19
Pay rank
77th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $77,650.
- Taxes$1,508
- Rent$759
- Other living costs$1,965
- Left over$2,238
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,650
- Federal income tax
- −$8,697
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,940
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,300
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,165
- Take-home pay
- $59,549
- Effective tax rate
- 23.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $759
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,724
Left over each month
$6,471 gross, minus $1,508 in tax and $2,724 in living costs.
$2,238
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 Terre Haute?
$77,650 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 380 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Terre Haute?
$2,238 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $759, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 124 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Terre Haute.