Pay and cost of living in St. Lucie County, FL
St. Lucie County, FL is part of the Port St. Lucie, FL labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $34,020 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Retail Salespersons at $34,020, and the lowest is Retail Salespersons at $34,020.
A one-bedroom apartment in St. Lucie County, FL has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,718 a month and a two-bedroom $2,069. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $27,978 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $29,464 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside St. Lucie County, FL or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in St. Lucie County, FL
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for St. Lucie County, FL, set beside the Florida and national medians.
Median household income in St. Lucie County, FL is $71,457, 4% below the Florida median of $74,568 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($20,616) equals 28.9% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $34,020, is 52% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in St. Lucie County, FL pay a median of $3,241 a year in real estate taxes, 19% above the Florida median of $2,730. With a median home value of $347,300, 3% below the Florida median of $359,000, the ratio of the two medians is 0.93% a year.
Renters in St. Lucie County, FL pay a median gross rent of $1,585 a month in the Census survey, 5% below the Florida median of $1,669. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,718; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in St. Lucie County, FL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 29.3 minutes each way, 5% above the Florida average of 28.0. 12.1% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.