Accountant / auditor · Ann Arbor, MI
Accountant / auditor in Ann Arbor: $1,806/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median accountant / auditor wage in Ann Arbor at $80,040 a year. About 1,580 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.77). The 10th percentile is $58,480 and the 90th is $130,500. Pay ranks 112th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,492/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,806 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Parkersburg, about 249 miles away, at $3,506 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,806
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,040
$58,480 to $130,500
Rent (1 bd)
$1,492
$1,776 (2 bd)
Employment
1,580
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
112th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, accountant / auditor pay of $80,040.
- Taxes$1,609
- Rent$1,492
- Other living costs$1,763
- Left over$1,806
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,040
- Federal income tax
- −$9,223
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,123
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,164
- City / county wage tax
- −$800
- Take-home pay
- $60,730
- Effective tax rate
- 24.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,492
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $394
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,255
Left over each month
$6,670 gross, minus $1,609 in tax and $3,255 in living costs.
$1,806
Rank every metro for a accountant / auditor
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Parkersburg, $3,506/mo.
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Questions
What does a accountant / auditor make in Ann Arbor?
$80,040 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,580 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a accountant / auditor in Ann Arbor?
$1,806 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,492, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a accountant / auditor keep more?
Parkersburg, about 249 miles away, leaves $3,506 a month, more than Ann Arbor.