Accountant / auditor · Battle Creek, MI
Accountant / auditor in Battle Creek: $2,000/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median accountant / auditor wage in Battle Creek at $76,030 a year. About 340 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.66). The 10th percentile is $49,760 and the 90th is $124,530. Pay ranks 239th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/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 $2,000 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Midland, about 102 miles away, at $2,825 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,000
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,030
$49,760 to $124,530
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
340
Location quotient 0.66
Pay rank
239th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, accountant / auditor pay of $76,030.
- Taxes$1,493
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$2,000
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,030
- Federal income tax
- −$8,341
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,816
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,993
- City / county wage tax
- −$760
- Take-home pay
- $58,120
- Effective tax rate
- 23.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,843
Left over each month
$6,336 gross, minus $1,493 in tax and $2,843 in living costs.
$2,000
Rank every metro for a accountant / auditor
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Midland, $2,825/mo.
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Questions
What does a accountant / auditor make in Battle Creek?
$76,030 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 340 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a accountant / auditor in Battle Creek?
$2,000 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 $897, and pay covers 7.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a accountant / auditor keep more?
Midland, about 102 miles away, leaves $2,825 a month, more than Battle Creek.