Electrician · Tuscaloosa, AL
Electrician in Tuscaloosa: $1,024/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Tuscaloosa at $60,110 a year. About 560 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $37,540 and the 90th is $83,040. Pay ranks 244th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($930/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,024 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chattanooga, about 194 miles away, at $1,914 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,024
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,110
$37,540 to $83,040
Rent (1 bd)
$930
$1,107 (2 bd)
Employment
560
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
244th 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 $60,110.
- Taxes$1,099
- Rent$930
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$1,024
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,110
- Federal income tax
- −$5,175
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,598
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,816
- City / county wage tax
- −$601
- Take-home pay
- $46,920
- Effective tax rate
- 21.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $930
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,886
Left over each month
$5,009 gross, minus $1,099 in tax and $2,886 in living costs.
$1,024
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chattanooga, $1,914/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Tuscaloosa?
$60,110 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 560 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Tuscaloosa?
$1,024 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $930, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Chattanooga, about 194 miles away, leaves $1,914 a month, more than Tuscaloosa.