Pay and cost of living in Cecil County, MD
Across the 98 occupations we cover in Cecil County, MD, the middle median salary is $55,525 a year. Pay runs from $29,800 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides up to $173,470 for Computer and Information Systems Managers, a spread of $143,670. Wages come from the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Cecil County, MD has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,558 a month and a two-bedroom $1,860. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $26,192 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $51,735 a year, and 96 of the 98 occupations listed here (98%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
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Housing, taxes and commute in Cecil County, MD
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Cecil County, MD, set beside the Maryland and national medians.
Median household income in Cecil County, MD is $92,007, 11% below the Maryland median of $103,678 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($18,696) equals 20.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $55,525, is 40% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Cecil County, MD pay a median of $3,068 a year in real estate taxes, 25% below the Maryland median of $4,093. With a median home value of $343,400, 18% below the Maryland median of $419,900, the ratio of the two medians is 0.89% a year.
Renters in Cecil County, MD pay a median gross rent of $1,377 a month in the Census survey, 19% below the Maryland median of $1,705. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,558; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Cecil County, MD who travel to a workplace spend an average of 28.5 minutes each way, 8% below the Maryland average of 31.1. 12.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.