Civil engineer · Lafayette, IN
Civil engineer in Lafayette: $2,625/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median civil engineer wage in Lafayette at $87,380 a year. About 90 civil engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.38). The 10th percentile is $54,040 and the 90th is $132,050. Pay ranks 295th-highest of 368 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($981/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,625 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 182 miles away, at $3,711 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,625
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$87,380
$54,040 to $132,050
Rent (1 bd)
$981
$1,168 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.38
Pay rank
295th of 368
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, civil engineer pay of $87,380.
- Taxes$1,785
- Rent$981
- Other living costs$1,890
- Left over$2,625
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $87,380
- Federal income tax
- −$10,838
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,685
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,591
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,311
- Take-home pay
- $65,956
- Effective tax rate
- 24.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $981
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $518
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,871
Left over each month
$7,282 gross, minus $1,785 in tax and $2,871 in living costs.
$2,625
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 Lafayette?
$87,380 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 civil engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a civil engineer in Lafayette?
$2,625 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $981, and pay covers 7.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a civil engineer keep more?
Jackson, about 182 miles away, leaves $3,711 a month, more than Lafayette.