Pay and cost of living in Norfolk County, MA
Across the 101 occupations we cover in Norfolk County, MA, the middle median salary is $75,210 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 Norfolk County, MA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,514 a month and a two-bedroom $3,004. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $39,113 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $63,031 a year, and 73 of the 101 occupations listed here (72%) earn 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 Norfolk County, MA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Norfolk County, MA, set beside the Massachusetts and national medians.
Median household income in Norfolk County, MA is $130,739, 26% above the Massachusetts median of $103,960 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($30,168) equals 23.1% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $75,210, is 42% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Norfolk County, MA pay a median of $7,261 a year in real estate taxes, 21% above the Massachusetts median of $5,992. With a median home value of $683,900, 22% above the Massachusetts median of $562,100, the ratio of the two medians is 1.06% a year.
Renters in Norfolk County, MA pay a median gross rent of $2,149 a month in the Census survey, 22% above the Massachusetts median of $1,762. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $2,514; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Norfolk County, MA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 32.5 minutes each way, 12% above the Massachusetts average of 29.1. 22.8% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.