Electrician · Toledo, OH
Electrician in Toledo: $1,960/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Toledo at $74,710 a year. About 1,660 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.17). The 10th percentile is $46,080 and the 90th is $102,000. Pay ranks 116th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($953/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,960 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kankakee, about 218 miles away, at $3,471 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,960
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,710
$46,080 to $102,000
Rent (1 bd)
$953
$1,135 (2 bd)
Employment
1,660
Location quotient 1.17
Pay rank
116th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $74,710.
- Taxes$1,383
- Rent$953
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$1,960
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,710
- Federal income tax
- −$8,050
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,715
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,338
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,494
- Take-home pay
- $58,112
- Effective tax rate
- 22.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $953
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $571
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$6,226 gross, minus $1,383 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$1,960
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 Toledo?
$74,710 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,660 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Toledo?
$1,960 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $953, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kankakee, about 218 miles away, leaves $3,471 a month, more than Toledo.