Pay and cost of living in Ascension Parish, LA
Across the 7 occupations we cover in Ascension Parish, LA, the middle median salary is $30,070 a year. Pay runs from $23,040 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides up to $107,140 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $84,100. Wages come from the Baton Rouge, LA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Ascension Parish, LA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,014 a month and a two-bedroom $1,149. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $18,842 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $37,932 a year, and every one of the 7 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 Ascension Parish, LA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Ascension Parish, LA, set beside the Louisiana and national medians.
Median household income in Ascension Parish, LA is $91,549, 51% above the Louisiana median of $60,756 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($12,168) equals 13.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $30,070, is 67% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Ascension Parish, LA pay a median of $1,519 a year in real estate taxes, 29% above the Louisiana median of $1,180. With a median home value of $279,600, 29% above the Louisiana median of $216,500, the ratio of the two medians is 0.54% a year.
Renters in Ascension Parish, LA pay a median gross rent of $1,318 a month in the Census survey, 24% above the Louisiana median of $1,064. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,014; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Ascension Parish, LA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 30.2 minutes each way, 18% above the Louisiana average of 25.7. 8.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.