Electrician · Vallejo, CA
Electrician in Vallejo: $996/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Vallejo at $79,490 a year. About 720 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.03). The 10th percentile is $48,860 and the 90th is $142,240. Pay ranks 54th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,890/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $996 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 133 miles away, at $2,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$996
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$79,490
$48,860 to $142,240
Rent (1 bd)
$1,890
$2,250 (2 bd)
Employment
720
Location quotient 1.03
Pay rank
54th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $79,490.
- Taxes$1,550
- Rent$1,890
- Other living costs$2,188
- Left over$996
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $79,490
- Federal income tax
- −$9,102
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,081
- State income tax (CA)
- −$3,420
- Take-home pay
- $60,888
- Effective tax rate
- 23.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,890
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $618
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,078
Left over each month
$6,624 gross, minus $1,550 in tax and $4,078 in living costs.
$996
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Carson City, $2,240/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Vallejo?
$79,490 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 720 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Vallejo?
$996 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,890, and pay covers 3.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Carson City, about 133 miles away, leaves $2,240 a month, more than Vallejo.