Pay and cost of living in Marion County, IN
Across the 35 occupations we cover in Marion County, IN, the middle median salary is $45,670 a year. Pay runs from $29,040 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $120,480 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $91,440. Wages come from the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Marion County, IN has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,336 a month and a two-bedroom $1,536. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $22,816 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $42,130 a year, and every one of the 35 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 Marion County, IN
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Marion County, IN, set beside the Indiana and national medians.
Median household income in Marion County, IN is $66,346, 8% below the Indiana median of $71,957 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($16,032) equals 24.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $45,670, is 31% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Marion County, IN pay a median of $2,028 a year in real estate taxes, 26% above the Indiana median of $1,614. With a median home value of $224,000, 3% above the Indiana median of $218,200, the ratio of the two medians is 0.91% a year.
Renters in Marion County, IN pay a median gross rent of $1,153 a month in the Census survey, 9% above the Indiana median of $1,062. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,336; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Marion County, IN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 24.5 minutes each way, 2% above the Indiana average of 24.1. 13.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.