Mechanical engineer · Champaign, IL
Mechanical engineer in Champaign: $3,495/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median mechanical engineer wage in Champaign at $101,090 a year. About 150 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.75). The 10th percentile is $65,870 and the 90th is $142,400. Pay ranks 144th-highest of 345 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/mo). Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,495 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Peoria, about 74 miles away, at $4,867 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,495
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,090
$65,870 to $142,400
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 0.75
Pay rank
144th of 345
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, mechanical engineer pay of $101,090.
- Taxes$2,204
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$1,828
- Left over$3,495
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,090
- Federal income tax
- −$13,854
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,733
- State income tax (IL)
- −$4,867
- Take-home pay
- $74,636
- Effective tax rate
- 26.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $459
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,725
Left over each month
$8,424 gross, minus $2,204 in tax and $2,725 in living costs.
$3,495
Rank every metro for a mechanical engineer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Peoria, $4,867/mo.
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Questions
What does a mechanical engineer make in Champaign?
$101,090 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a mechanical engineer in Champaign?
$3,495 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Illinois charges a 4.95% flat income tax Rent is $897, and pay covers 9.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a mechanical engineer keep more?
Peoria, about 74 miles away, leaves $4,867 a month, more than Champaign.