Pay and cost of living in Lafayette Parish, LA
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Lafayette Parish, LA, the middle median salary is $21,400 a year. Pay runs from $21,400 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides up to $21,400 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides, a spread of $0. Wages come from the Lafayette, LA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Lafayette Parish, LA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $971 a month and a two-bedroom $1,092. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $18,326 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $18,931 a year, and every one of the 1 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 Lafayette Parish, LA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Lafayette Parish, LA, set beside the Louisiana and national medians.
Median household income in Lafayette Parish, LA is $67,451, 11% above the Louisiana median of $60,756 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($11,652) equals 17.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $21,400, is 68% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Lafayette Parish, LA pay a median of $1,380 a year in real estate taxes, 17% above the Louisiana median of $1,180. With a median home value of $242,900, 12% above the Louisiana median of $216,500, the ratio of the two medians is 0.57% a year.
Renters in Lafayette Parish, LA pay a median gross rent of $1,057 a month in the Census survey, in line with the Louisiana median of $1,064. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $971; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Lafayette Parish, LA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.9 minutes each way, 11% below the Louisiana average of 25.7. 10.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.