Civil engineer · Wausau, WI
Civil engineer in Wausau: $2,782/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median civil engineer wage in Wausau at $85,790 a year. About 90 civil engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.55). The 10th percentile is $61,940 and the 90th is $131,160. Pay ranks 300th-highest of 368 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($748/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,782 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Mankato, about 222 miles away, at $4,890 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,782
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$85,790
$61,940 to $131,160
Rent (1 bd)
$748
$890 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.55
Pay rank
300th of 368
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, civil engineer pay of $85,790.
- Taxes$1,708
- Rent$748
- Other living costs$1,911
- Left over$2,782
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $85,790
- Federal income tax
- −$10,488
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,563
- State income tax (WI)
- −$3,449
- Take-home pay
- $65,290
- Effective tax rate
- 23.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $748
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,659
Left over each month
$7,149 gross, minus $1,708 in tax and $2,659 in living costs.
$2,782
Rank every metro for a civil engineer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Mankato, $4,890/mo.
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Questions
What does a civil engineer make in Wausau?
$85,790 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 Wausau?
$2,782 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $748, and pay covers 9.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a civil engineer keep more?
Mankato, about 222 miles away, leaves $4,890 a month, more than Wausau.