Pay and cost of living in Jasper County, GA
Across the 106 occupations we cover in Jasper County, GA, the middle median salary is $58,480 a year. Pay runs from $23,350 for Bartenders up to $618,090 for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers, a spread of $594,740. Wages come from the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Jasper County, GA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,619 a month and a two-bedroom $1,762. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $26,437 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $53,899 a year, and 96 of the 106 occupations listed here (91%) earn 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 Jasper County, GA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Jasper County, GA, set beside the Georgia and national medians.
Median household income in Jasper County, GA is $60,134, 22% below the Georgia median of $77,353 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($19,428) equals 32.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $58,480, is 3% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Jasper County, GA pay a median of $1,959 a year in real estate taxes, 16% below the Georgia median of $2,341. With a median home value of $243,400, 20% below the Georgia median of $303,300, the ratio of the two medians is 0.80% a year.
Renters in Jasper County, GA pay a median gross rent of $970 a month in the Census survey, 30% below the Georgia median of $1,393. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,619; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Jasper County, GA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 39.2 minutes each way, 39% above the Georgia average of 28.3. 8.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.