Mechanical engineer · Kalamazoo, MI
Mechanical engineer in Kalamazoo: $3,360/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median mechanical engineer wage in Kalamazoo at $101,830 a year. About 490 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 2.10). The 10th percentile is $66,200 and the 90th is $153,940. Pay ranks 128th-highest of 345 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($976/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 $3,360 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Peoria, about 229 miles away, at $4,867 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,360
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,830
$66,200 to $153,940
Rent (1 bd)
$976
$1,162 (2 bd)
Employment
490
Location quotient 2.10
Pay rank
128th of 345
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, mechanical engineer pay of $101,830.
- Taxes$2,243
- Rent$976
- Other living costs$1,907
- Left over$3,360
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,830
- Federal income tax
- −$14,017
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,790
- State income tax (MI)
- −$4,090
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,018
- Take-home pay
- $74,915
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $976
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $538
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$8,486 gross, minus $2,243 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$3,360
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 Kalamazoo?
$101,830 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 490 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a mechanical engineer in Kalamazoo?
$3,360 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 $976, and pay covers 8.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a mechanical engineer keep more?
Peoria, about 229 miles away, leaves $4,867 a month, more than Kalamazoo.