Pay and cost of living in Greene County, AL
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Greene County, AL, the middle median salary is $53,050 a year. Pay runs from $53,050 for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators up to $53,050 for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, a spread of $0. Wages come from the Tuscaloosa, AL survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Greene County, AL has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $889 a month and a two-bedroom $1,163. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,782 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $42,579 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Greene County, AL
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Greene County, AL, set beside the Alabama and national medians.
Median household income in Greene County, AL is $29,200, 54% below the Alabama median of $63,999 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,668) equals 36.5% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $53,050, is 82% above household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Greene County, AL pay a median of $444 a year in real estate taxes, 44% below the Alabama median of $788. With a median home value of $81,200, 61% below the Alabama median of $209,900, the ratio of the two medians is 0.55% a year.
Renters in Greene County, AL pay a median gross rent of $432 a month in the Census survey, 57% below the Alabama median of $1,007. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $889; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Greene County, AL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 29.4 minutes each way, 15% above the Alabama average of 25.5. 4.7% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.