Electricians Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $65K, rent takes 23.5% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,008/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new electricians typically earn — is $44K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,617/month. At HUD’s $1,008/month FMR, rent would take 39% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $65K locally vs. $63K nationally, a 3% difference.

West Virginia pays $65K median vs. the U.S. average of $63K — that’s +3%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.03), the purchasing-power equivalent is $73K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $64,810 a year, that works out to about $31 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $43,620, and experienced electricians can clear $95,140. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,296/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,008/month, which eats 23.5% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

West Virginia has a Regional Price Parity of 89.03 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median electricians salary is worth about $72,796 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.