Mechanical engineer · Billings, MT
Mechanical engineer in Billings: $3,520/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median mechanical engineer wage in Billings at $107,930 a year. About 120 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.69). The 10th percentile is $76,380 and the 90th is $158,850. Pay ranks 65th-highest of 345 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,101/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,520 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Casper is the strongest other metro for this job ($3,520 left over a month), and Billings still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,520
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$107,930
$76,380 to $158,850
Rent (1 bd)
$1,101
$1,311 (2 bd)
Employment
120
Location quotient 0.69
Pay rank
65th of 345
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, mechanical engineer pay of $107,930.
- Taxes$2,406
- Rent$1,101
- Other living costs$1,967
- Left over$3,520
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $107,930
- Federal income tax
- −$15,359
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,257
- State income tax (MT)
- −$5,253
- Take-home pay
- $79,061
- Effective tax rate
- 26.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,101
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,068
Left over each month
$8,994 gross, minus $2,406 in tax and $3,068 in living costs.
$3,520
Rank every metro for a mechanical engineer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Casper, $3,520/mo.
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Questions
What does a mechanical engineer make in Billings?
$107,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 120 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a mechanical engineer in Billings?
$3,520 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,101, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a mechanical engineer keep more?
Billings leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Casper at $3,520 a month.