Electrician · Topeka, KS
Electrician in Topeka: $1,434/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Topeka at $65,520 a year. About 510 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $47,590 and the 90th is $82,100. Pay ranks 159th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,022/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,434 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is St. Joseph, about 77 miles away, at $3,533 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,434
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$65,520
$47,590 to $82,100
Rent (1 bd)
$1,022
$1,217 (2 bd)
Employment
510
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
159th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $65,520.
- Taxes$1,201
- Rent$1,022
- Other living costs$1,803
- Left over$1,434
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $65,520
- Federal income tax
- −$6,028
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,012
- State income tax (KS)
- −$3,367
- Take-home pay
- $51,112
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,022
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$5,460 gross, minus $1,201 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$1,434
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: St. Joseph, $3,533/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Topeka?
$65,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 510 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Topeka?
$1,434 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,022, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
St. Joseph, about 77 miles away, leaves $3,533 a month, more than Topeka.