Accountant / auditor · Reading, PA
Accountant / auditor in Reading: $1,688/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median accountant / auditor wage in Reading at $75,550 a year. About 1,230 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.75). The 10th percentile is $48,530 and the 90th is $123,000. Pay ranks 252nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,167/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,688 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Waterbury, about 167 miles away, at $2,365 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,688
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$75,550
$48,530 to $123,000
Rent (1 bd)
$1,167
$1,389 (2 bd)
Employment
1,230
Location quotient 0.75
Pay rank
252nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, accountant / auditor pay of $75,550.
- Taxes$1,424
- Rent$1,167
- Other living costs$2,017
- Left over$1,688
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $75,550
- Federal income tax
- −$8,235
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,780
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,319
- City / county wage tax
- −$756
- Take-home pay
- $58,461
- Effective tax rate
- 22.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,167
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $563
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,184
Left over each month
$6,296 gross, minus $1,424 in tax and $3,184 in living costs.
$1,688
Rank every metro for a accountant / auditor
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Waterbury, $2,365/mo.
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Questions
What does a accountant / auditor make in Reading?
$75,550 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,230 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a accountant / auditor in Reading?
$1,688 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,167, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a accountant / auditor keep more?
Waterbury, about 167 miles away, leaves $2,365 a month, more than Reading.