Pay and cost of living in Meade County, KS
Meade County, KS is part of the Kansas nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 10 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $32,260 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Registered Nurses at $78,730, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $26,220.
A one-bedroom apartment in Meade County, KS has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $735 a month and a two-bedroom $961. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $15,702 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $31,322 a year, and every one of the 10 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 Meade County, KS or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Meade County, KS
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Meade County, KS, set beside the Kansas and national medians.
Median household income in Meade County, KS is $71,852, 3% below the Kansas median of $74,275 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($8,820) equals 12.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $32,260, is 55% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Meade County, KS pay a median of $2,005 a year in real estate taxes, 28% below the Kansas median of $2,798. With a median home value of $148,900, 31% below the Kansas median of $217,200, the ratio of the two medians is 1.35% a year.
Renters in Meade County, KS pay a median gross rent of $790 a month in the Census survey, 25% below the Kansas median of $1,060. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $735; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Meade County, KS who travel to a workplace spend an average of 17.2 minutes each way, 13% below the Kansas average of 19.7. 7.8% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.