Electrician · Traverse City, MI
Electrician in Traverse City: $756/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Traverse City at $61,650 a year. About 390 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.18). The 10th percentile is $37,160 and the 90th is $91,240. Pay ranks 210th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,399/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $756 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rockford, about 239 miles away, at $2,911 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$756
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,650
$37,160 to $91,240
Rent (1 bd)
$1,399
$1,666 (2 bd)
Employment
390
Location quotient 1.18
Pay rank
210th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $61,650.
- Taxes$1,090
- Rent$1,399
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$756
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,650
- Federal income tax
- −$5,360
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,716
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,382
- City / county wage tax
- −$617
- Take-home pay
- $48,576
- Effective tax rate
- 21.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,399
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,292
Left over each month
$5,138 gross, minus $1,090 in tax and $3,292 in living costs.
$756
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rockford, $2,911/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Traverse City?
$61,650 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 390 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Traverse City?
$756 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,399, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Rockford, about 239 miles away, leaves $2,911 a month, more than Traverse City.