Civil engineer · Bay City, MI
Civil engineer in Bay City: $2,572/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median civil engineer wage in Bay City at $85,690 a year. About 50 civil engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.62). The 10th percentile is $68,790 and the 90th is $174,290. Pay ranks 302nd-highest of 368 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($842/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 $2,572 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 103 miles away, at $3,711 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,572
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$85,690
$68,790 to $174,290
Rent (1 bd)
$842
$1,002 (2 bd)
Employment
50
Location quotient 0.62
Pay rank
302nd of 368
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, civil engineer pay of $85,690.
- Taxes$1,773
- Rent$842
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$2,572
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $85,690
- Federal income tax
- −$10,466
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,555
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,404
- City / county wage tax
- −$857
- Take-home pay
- $64,408
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $842
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,795
Left over each month
$7,141 gross, minus $1,773 in tax and $2,795 in living costs.
$2,572
Rank every metro for a civil engineer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jackson, $3,711/mo.
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Questions
What does a civil engineer make in Bay City?
$85,690 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 50 civil engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a civil engineer in Bay City?
$2,572 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 $842, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a civil engineer keep more?
Jackson, about 103 miles away, leaves $3,711 a month, more than Bay City.