Electrician · Utica, NY
Electrician in Utica: $951/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Utica at $61,660 a year. About 270 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.46). The 10th percentile is $44,230 and the 90th is $100,920. Pay ranks 209th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,107/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $951 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Trenton, about 212 miles away, at $2,249 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$951
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,660
$44,230 to $100,920
Rent (1 bd)
$1,107
$1,318 (2 bd)
Employment
270
Location quotient 0.46
Pay rank
209th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $61,660.
- Taxes$1,072
- Rent$1,107
- Other living costs$2,008
- Left over$951
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,660
- Federal income tax
- −$5,361
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,717
- State income tax (NY)
- −$2,786
- Take-home pay
- $48,796
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,107
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $570
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,115
Left over each month
$5,138 gross, minus $1,072 in tax and $3,115 in living costs.
$951
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Trenton, $2,249/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Utica?
$61,660 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 270 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Utica?
$951 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,107, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 212 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Utica.