Accountant / auditor · Cincinnati, OH
Accountant / auditor in Cincinnati: $2,118/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median accountant / auditor wage in Cincinnati at $80,640 a year. About 10,050 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $57,740 and the 90th is $132,680. Pay ranks 100th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,168/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,118 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Parkersburg, about 160 miles away, at $3,506 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,118
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,640
$57,740 to $132,680
Rent (1 bd)
$1,168
$1,391 (2 bd)
Employment
10,050
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
100th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, accountant / auditor pay of $80,640.
- Taxes$1,553
- Rent$1,168
- Other living costs$1,881
- Left over$2,118
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,640
- Federal income tax
- −$9,355
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,169
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,501
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,613
- Take-home pay
- $62,002
- Effective tax rate
- 23.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,168
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $520
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,049
Left over each month
$6,720 gross, minus $1,553 in tax and $3,049 in living costs.
$2,118
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 Cincinnati?
$80,640 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 10,050 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a accountant / auditor in Cincinnati?
$2,118 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,168, and pay covers 5.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a accountant / auditor keep more?
Parkersburg, about 160 miles away, leaves $3,506 a month, more than Cincinnati.