Accountant / auditor · Owensboro, KY
Accountant / auditor in Owensboro: $2,035/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median accountant / auditor wage in Owensboro at $77,800 a year. About 250 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.53). The 10th percentile is $53,890 and the 90th is $119,910. Pay ranks 167th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($917/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,035 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Springfield, about 203 miles away, at $2,609 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,035
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$77,800
$53,890 to $119,910
Rent (1 bd)
$917
$1,092 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 0.53
Pay rank
167th 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 $77,800.
- Taxes$1,569
- Rent$917
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$2,035
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $77,800
- Federal income tax
- −$8,730
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,952
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,981
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,167
- Take-home pay
- $58,970
- Effective tax rate
- 24.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $917
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,879
Left over each month
$6,483 gross, minus $1,569 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.
$2,035
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 Owensboro?
$77,800 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 250 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a accountant / auditor in Owensboro?
$2,035 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $917, and pay covers 7.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a accountant / auditor keep more?
Springfield, about 203 miles away, leaves $2,609 a month, more than Owensboro.