Electrician · Winchester, VA
Electrician in Winchester: $594/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median electrician wage in Winchester at $58,960 a year. About 180 electrician jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.53). The 10th percentile is $36,760 and the 90th is $81,670. Pay ranks 268th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,332/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $594 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
$594
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,960
$36,760 to $81,670
Rent (1 bd)
$1,332
$1,586 (2 bd)
Employment
180
Location quotient 0.53
Pay rank
268th 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 $58,960.
- Taxes$1,016
- Rent$1,332
- Other living costs$1,971
- Left over$594
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,960
- Federal income tax
- −$5,037
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,510
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,644
- Take-home pay
- $46,769
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,332
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,303
Left over each month
$4,913 gross, minus $1,016 in tax and $3,303 in living costs.
$594
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 Winchester?
$58,960 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 180 electrician jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a electrician in Winchester?
$594 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,332, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a electrician keep more?
Trenton, about 212 miles away, leaves $2,249 a month, more than Winchester.