Pay and cost of living in Arapahoe County, CO
Across the 56 occupations we cover in Arapahoe County, CO, the middle median salary is $62,980 a year. Pay runs from $36,910 for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary up to $203,340 for Computer and Information Systems Managers, a spread of $166,430. Wages come from the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Arapahoe County, CO has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,831 a month and a two-bedroom $2,169. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $28,846 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $57,661 a year, and every one of the 56 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 Arapahoe County, CO
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Arapahoe County, CO, set beside the Colorado and national medians.
Median household income in Arapahoe County, CO is $101,087, 6% above the Colorado median of $95,470 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($21,972) equals 21.7% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $62,980, is 38% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Arapahoe County, CO pay a median of $2,938 a year in real estate taxes, 13% above the Colorado median of $2,602. With a median home value of $561,200, 4% above the Colorado median of $539,400, the ratio of the two medians is 0.52% a year.
Renters in Arapahoe County, CO pay a median gross rent of $1,891 a month in the Census survey, 7% above the Colorado median of $1,761. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,831; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Arapahoe County, CO who travel to a workplace spend an average of 27.1 minutes each way, 8% above the Colorado average of 25.2. 21.0% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.