Mechanical engineer · Bay City, MI
Mechanical engineer in Bay City: $3,132/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median mechanical engineer wage in Bay City at $96,000 a year. About 60 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.01). The 10th percentile is $65,110 and the 90th is $132,650. Pay ranks 231st-highest of 345 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($842/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,132 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 100 miles away, at $4,355 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,132
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$96,000
$65,110 to $132,650
Rent (1 bd)
$842
$1,002 (2 bd)
Employment
60
Location quotient 1.01
Pay rank
231st of 345
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, mechanical engineer pay of $96,000.
- Taxes$2,073
- Rent$842
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$3,132
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $96,000
- Federal income tax
- −$12,734
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,344
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,842
- City / county wage tax
- −$960
- Take-home pay
- $71,120
- Effective tax rate
- 25.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $842
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,795
Left over each month
$8,000 gross, minus $2,073 in tax and $2,795 in living costs.
$3,132
Rank every metro for a mechanical engineer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ann Arbor, $4,355/mo.
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Questions
What does a mechanical engineer make in Bay City?
$96,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 60 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a mechanical engineer in Bay City?
$3,132 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $842, and pay covers 9.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a mechanical engineer keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 100 miles away, leaves $4,355 a month, more than Bay City.