Civil engineer · Birmingham, AL
Civil engineer in Birmingham: $2,961/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median civil engineer wage in Birmingham at $97,420 a year. About 1,070 civil engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.87). The 10th percentile is $67,340 and the 90th is $168,370. Pay ranks 165th-highest of 368 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,961 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Mobile, about 208 miles away, at $3,560 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,961
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,420
$67,340 to $168,370
Rent (1 bd)
$1,106
$1,317 (2 bd)
Employment
1,070
Location quotient 0.87
Pay rank
165th of 368
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, civil engineer pay of $97,420.
- Taxes$2,180
- Rent$1,106
- Other living costs$1,872
- Left over$2,961
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,420
- Federal income tax
- −$13,046
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,453
- State income tax (AL)
- −$4,681
- City / county wage tax
- −$974
- Take-home pay
- $71,266
- Effective tax rate
- 26.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,106
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,978
Left over each month
$8,118 gross, minus $2,180 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.
$2,961
Rank every metro for a civil engineer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Mobile, $3,560/mo.
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Questions
What does a civil engineer make in Birmingham?
$97,420 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,070 civil engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a civil engineer in Birmingham?
$2,961 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,106, and pay covers 7.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a civil engineer keep more?
Mobile, about 208 miles away, leaves $3,560 a month, more than Birmingham.