Accountant / auditor · Lafayette, IN
Accountant / auditor in Lafayette: $2,096/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median accountant / auditor wage in Lafayette at $77,740 a year. About 570 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.60). The 10th percentile is $50,550 and the 90th is $123,500. Pay ranks 171st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($981/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,096 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Springfield, about 148 miles away, at $2,609 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,096
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,740
$50,550 to $123,500
Rent (1 bd)
$981
$1,168 (2 bd)
Employment
570
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
171st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, accountant / auditor pay of $77,740.
- Taxes$1,511
- Rent$981
- Other living costs$1,890
- Left over$2,096
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,740
- Federal income tax
- −$8,717
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,947
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,302
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,166
- Take-home pay
- $59,608
- Effective tax rate
- 23.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $981
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $518
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,871
Left over each month
$6,478 gross, minus $1,511 in tax and $2,871 in living costs.
$2,096
Rank every metro for a accountant / auditor
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Springfield, $2,609/mo.
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Questions
What does a accountant / auditor make in Lafayette?
$77,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 570 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a accountant / auditor in Lafayette?
$2,096 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $981, and pay covers 6.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a accountant / auditor keep more?
Springfield, about 148 miles away, leaves $2,609 a month, more than Lafayette.