Civil engineer · Dayton, OH
Civil engineer in Dayton: $3,050/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median civil engineer wage in Dayton at $95,270 a year. About 850 civil engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.96). The 10th percentile is $52,610 and the 90th is $159,760. Pay ranks 209th-highest of 368 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,050 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 168 miles away, at $3,711 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,050
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$95,270
$52,610 to $159,760
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
850
Location quotient 0.96
Pay rank
209th of 368
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, civil engineer pay of $95,270.
- Taxes$1,973
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$3,050
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $95,270
- Federal income tax
- −$12,573
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,288
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,904
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,905
- Take-home pay
- $71,599
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$7,939 gross, minus $1,973 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$3,050
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 Dayton?
$95,270 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 850 civil engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a civil engineer in Dayton?
$3,050 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,018, and pay covers 7.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a civil engineer keep more?
Jackson, about 168 miles away, leaves $3,711 a month, more than Dayton.