Accountant / auditor · Bangor, ME
Accountant / auditor in Bangor: $1,530/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median accountant / auditor wage in Bangor at $75,640 a year. About 400 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.59). The 10th percentile is $54,300 and the 90th is $118,100. Pay ranks 250th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,215/mo). Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,530 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Manchester, about 230 miles away, at $1,753 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,530
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,640
$54,300 to $118,100
Rent (1 bd)
$1,215
$1,447 (2 bd)
Employment
400
Location quotient 0.59
Pay rank
250th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, accountant / auditor pay of $75,640.
- Taxes$1,492
- Rent$1,215
- Other living costs$2,066
- Left over$1,530
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,640
- Federal income tax
- −$8,255
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,786
- State income tax (ME)
- −$3,866
- Take-home pay
- $57,733
- Effective tax rate
- 23.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,215
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $578
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,281
Left over each month
$6,303 gross, minus $1,492 in tax and $3,281 in living costs.
$1,530
Rank every metro for a accountant / auditor
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Manchester, $1,753/mo.
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Questions
What does a accountant / auditor make in Bangor?
$75,640 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 400 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a accountant / auditor in Bangor?
$1,530 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,215, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a accountant / auditor keep more?
Manchester, about 230 miles away, leaves $1,753 a month, more than Bangor.