Civil engineer · Houston, TX
Civil engineer take-home pay in Houston: $3,500 left over a month
A local civil engineer wage of about $101,500 in Houston, TX, after Texas tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,199. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$3,500
Local pay (annual)
$101,500
$6,649 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,199
$1,427 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a civil engineer.
- Taxes$1,809
- Rent$1,199
- Other living costs$1,950
- Left over$3,500
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,500
- Federal income tax
- −$13,944
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,765
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $79,791
- Effective tax rate
- 21.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,199
- Groceries
- $380
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $428
- Utilities and internet
- $238
- Everything else
- $333
- Total spending
- $3,149
Left over each month
$8,458 gross, minus $1,809 in tax and $3,149 in living costs.
$3,500
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Questions
What is civil engineer take-home pay in Houston?
On a local civil engineer wage of about $101,500, leftover after Texas tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,199 is about $3,500 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Houston tax a civil engineer paycheck?
Houston is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
How does Houston compare for a civil engineer?
Open the Houston paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same civil engineer household.