Electrician · Trenton, NJ
Electrician in Trenton: $2,249/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Trenton at $98,210 a year. About 600 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.51). The 10th percentile is $48,520 and the 90th is $125,680. Pay ranks 14th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,986/mo). New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,249 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Elmira is the strongest other metro for this job ($2,078 left over a month), and Trenton still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,249
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$98,210
$48,520 to $125,680
Rent (1 bd)
$1,986
$2,364 (2 bd)
Employment
600
Location quotient 0.51
Pay rank
14th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $98,210.
- Taxes$2,067
- Rent$1,986
- Other living costs$1,883
- Left over$2,249
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $98,210
- Federal income tax
- −$13,220
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,513
- State income tax (NJ)
- −$4,066
- Take-home pay
- $73,411
- Effective tax rate
- 25.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,986
- Groceries
- $398
- Getting around
- $438
- Healthcare
- $448
- Utilities and internet
- $249
- Everything else
- $349
- Total spending
- $3,869
Left over each month
$8,184 gross, minus $2,067 in tax and $3,869 in living costs.
$2,249
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $2,078/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Trenton?
$98,210 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 600 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Trenton?
$2,249 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,986, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Elmira at $2,078 a month.