Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $23K, rent takes 203.3% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $3,405/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $500/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipments typically earn — is $22K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $1,310/month.

Local pay runs 70% below the national median — $23K here vs. $74K nationally.

Puerto Rico pays $23K median vs. the U.S. average of $74K — that’s -70%.

The median is $22,580 a year, that works out to about $11 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $21,840, and experienced electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipments can clear $54,430. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $1,675/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $3,405/month, which eats 203.3% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Puerto Rico has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment salary is worth about $22,580 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.