Civil engineer · Sandusky, OH
Civil engineer in Sandusky: $3,506/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median civil engineer wage in Sandusky at $101,060 a year. About 30 civil engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.29). The 10th percentile is $67,240 and the 90th is $129,150. Pay ranks 84th-highest of 368 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($830/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 $3,506 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 98 miles away, at $3,711 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,506
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,060
$67,240 to $129,150
Rent (1 bd)
$830
$988 (2 bd)
Employment
30
Location quotient 0.29
Pay rank
84th of 368
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, civil engineer pay of $101,060.
- Taxes$2,139
- Rent$830
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$3,506
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,060
- Federal income tax
- −$13,847
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,731
- State income tax (OH)
- −$2,071
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,021
- Take-home pay
- $75,390
- Effective tax rate
- 25.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $830
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $587
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,776
Left over each month
$8,422 gross, minus $2,139 in tax and $2,776 in living costs.
$3,506
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 Sandusky?
$101,060 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 30 civil engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a civil engineer in Sandusky?
$3,506 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 $830, and pay covers 10.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a civil engineer keep more?
Jackson, about 98 miles away, leaves $3,711 a month, more than Sandusky.