Mechanical engineer · Saginaw, MI
Mechanical engineer in Saginaw: $2,861/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median mechanical engineer wage in Saginaw at $91,040 a year. About 250 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.66). The 10th percentile is $62,300 and the 90th is $122,620. Pay ranks 288th-highest of 345 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($856/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 $2,861 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 75 miles away, at $4,355 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,861
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$91,040
$62,300 to $122,620
Rent (1 bd)
$856
$1,019 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 1.66
Pay rank
288th of 345
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, mechanical engineer pay of $91,040.
- Taxes$1,929
- Rent$856
- Other living costs$1,941
- Left over$2,861
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $91,040
- Federal income tax
- −$11,643
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,965
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,631
- City / county wage tax
- −$910
- Take-home pay
- $67,891
- Effective tax rate
- 25.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $856
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $573
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,797
Left over each month
$7,587 gross, minus $1,929 in tax and $2,797 in living costs.
$2,861
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 Saginaw?
$91,040 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 250 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a mechanical engineer in Saginaw?
$2,861 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 $856, and pay covers 8.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a mechanical engineer keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 75 miles away, leaves $4,355 a month, more than Saginaw.