Pay and cost of living in Washtenaw County, MI
Washtenaw County, MI is part of the Ann Arbor, MI labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $103,450 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Registered Nurses at $103,450, and the lowest is Registered Nurses at $103,450.
A one-bedroom apartment in Washtenaw County, MI has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,503 a month and a two-bedroom $1,804. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $25,363 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $77,178 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Washtenaw County, MI or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Washtenaw County, MI
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Washtenaw County, MI, set beside the Michigan and national medians.
Median household income in Washtenaw County, MI is $89,180, 22% above the Michigan median of $72,875 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($18,036) equals 20.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $103,450, is 16% above household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Washtenaw County, MI pay a median of $5,678 a year in real estate taxes, 96% above the Michigan median of $2,904. With a median home value of $374,100, 62% above the Michigan median of $231,600, the ratio of the two medians is 1.52% a year.
Renters in Washtenaw County, MI pay a median gross rent of $1,463 a month in the Census survey, 30% above the Michigan median of $1,129. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,503; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Washtenaw County, MI who travel to a workplace spend an average of 23.5 minutes each way, 3% below the Michigan average of 24.2. 22.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.