Electrician · Waco, TX
Electrician in Waco: $471/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Waco at $48,880 a year. About 650 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 $36,910 and the 90th is $80,900. Pay ranks 364th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,108/mo). Texas has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $471 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Beaumont, about 211 miles away, at $1,446 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$471
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,880
$36,910 to $80,900
Rent (1 bd)
$1,108
$1,319 (2 bd)
Employment
650
Location quotient 1.03
Pay rank
364th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, electrician pay of $48,880.
- Taxes$631
- Rent$1,108
- Other living costs$1,864
- Left over$471
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,880
- Federal income tax
- −$3,827
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,739
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $41,314
- Effective tax rate
- 15.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,108
- Groceries
- $363
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $408
- Utilities and internet
- $227
- Everything else
- $317
- Total spending
- $2,972
Left over each month
$4,073 gross, minus $631 in tax and $2,972 in living costs.
$471
Rank every metro for a electrician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Beaumont, $1,446/mo.
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Questions
What does a electrician make in Waco?
$48,880 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 650 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Waco?
$471 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Texas has no state income tax Rent is $1,108, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Beaumont, about 211 miles away, leaves $1,446 a month, more than Waco.