Pay and cost of living in Middlesex County, MA
Across the 113 occupations we cover in Middlesex County, MA, the middle median salary is $77,850 a year. Pay runs from $33,740 for Packers and Packagers, Hand up to $291,000 for Natural Sciences Managers, a spread of $257,260. Wages come from the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Middlesex County, MA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,382 a month and a two-bedroom $2,884. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $37,529 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $64,606 a year, and 89 of the 113 occupations listed here (79%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
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Housing, taxes and commute in Middlesex County, MA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Middlesex County, MA, set beside the Massachusetts and national medians.
Median household income in Middlesex County, MA is $130,847, 26% above the Massachusetts median of $103,960 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($28,584) equals 21.8% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $77,850, is 41% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Middlesex County, MA pay a median of $7,501 a year in real estate taxes, 25% above the Massachusetts median of $5,992. With a median home value of $727,800, 29% above the Massachusetts median of $562,100, the ratio of the two medians is 1.03% a year.
Renters in Middlesex County, MA pay a median gross rent of $2,201 a month in the Census survey, 25% above the Massachusetts median of $1,762. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $2,382; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Middlesex County, MA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 29.9 minutes each way, 3% above the Massachusetts average of 29.1. 24.7% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.