Pay and cost of living in Jackson County, GA
Across the 2 occupations we cover in Jackson County, GA, the middle median salary is $32,175 a year. Pay runs from $26,850 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $37,500 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, a spread of $10,650. Wages come from the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Jackson County, GA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,041 a month and a two-bedroom $1,205. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $19,501 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $26,926 a year, and every one of the 2 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 Jackson County, GA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Jackson County, GA, set beside the Georgia and national medians.
Median household income in Jackson County, GA is $89,544, 16% above the Georgia median of $77,353 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($12,492) equals 14.0% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $32,175, is 64% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Jackson County, GA pay a median of $3,000 a year in real estate taxes, 28% above the Georgia median of $2,341. With a median home value of $345,000, 14% above the Georgia median of $303,300, the ratio of the two medians is 0.87% a year.
Renters in Jackson County, GA pay a median gross rent of $1,126 a month in the Census survey, 19% below the Georgia median of $1,393. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,041; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Jackson County, GA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 31.3 minutes each way, 11% above the Georgia average of 28.3. 12.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.