Mechanical engineer · Tuscaloosa, AL
Mechanical engineer in Tuscaloosa: $3,755/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median mechanical engineer wage in Tuscaloosa at $110,520 a year. About 90 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.44). The 10th percentile is $73,730 and the 90th is $165,930. Pay ranks 45th-highest of 345 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($930/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,755 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hammond, about 230 miles away, at $4,572 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,755
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$110,520
$73,730 to $165,930
Rent (1 bd)
$930
$1,107 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.44
Pay rank
45th of 345
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, mechanical engineer pay of $110,520.
- Taxes$2,569
- Rent$930
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$3,755
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $110,520
- Federal income tax
- −$15,928
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,455
- State income tax (AL)
- −$5,336
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,105
- Take-home pay
- $79,696
- Effective tax rate
- 27.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $930
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,886
Left over each month
$9,210 gross, minus $2,569 in tax and $2,886 in living costs.
$3,755
Rank every metro for a mechanical engineer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hammond, $4,572/mo.
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Questions
What does a mechanical engineer make in Tuscaloosa?
$110,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 mechanical engineer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a mechanical engineer in Tuscaloosa?
$3,755 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $930, and pay covers 9.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a mechanical engineer keep more?
Hammond, about 230 miles away, leaves $4,572 a month, more than Tuscaloosa.