Electrician · Tulsa, OK
Electrician in Tulsa: $1,340/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Tulsa at $62,280 a year. About 2,750 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.23). The 10th percentile is $38,820 and the 90th is $94,890. Pay ranks 199th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($967/mo). Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,340 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kansas City, about 208 miles away, at $1,851 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,340
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,280
$38,820 to $94,890
Rent (1 bd)
$967
$1,151 (2 bd)
Employment
2,750
Location quotient 1.23
Pay rank
199th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $62,280.
- Taxes$1,056
- Rent$967
- Other living costs$1,827
- Left over$1,340
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,280
- Federal income tax
- −$5,435
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,764
- State income tax (OK)
- −$2,468
- Take-home pay
- $49,612
- Effective tax rate
- 20.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $967
- Groceries
- $356
- Getting around
- $536
- Healthcare
- $401
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $312
- Total spending
- $2,794
Left over each month
$5,190 gross, minus $1,056 in tax and $2,794 in living costs.
$1,340
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kansas City, $1,851/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Tulsa?
$62,280 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,750 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Tulsa?
$1,340 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $967, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Kansas City, about 208 miles away, leaves $1,851 a month, more than Tulsa.