Pay and cost of living in Cass County, MO
Cass County, MO is part of the Kansas City, MO-KS labor market, and this page summarizes 36 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $46,225 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Software Developers at $124,990, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $29,560.
A one-bedroom apartment in Cass County, MO has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,366 a month and a two-bedroom $1,546. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $23,267 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $43,283 a year, and every one of the 36 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 Cass County, MO or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Cass County, MO
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Cass County, MO, set beside the Missouri and national medians.
Median household income in Cass County, MO is $87,535, 24% above the Missouri median of $70,702 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($16,392) equals 18.7% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $46,225, is 47% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Cass County, MO pay a median of $2,504 a year in real estate taxes, 29% above the Missouri median of $1,948. With a median home value of $292,400, 27% above the Missouri median of $230,300, the ratio of the two medians is 0.86% a year.
Renters in Cass County, MO pay a median gross rent of $1,205 a month in the Census survey, 17% above the Missouri median of $1,033. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,366; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Cass County, MO who travel to a workplace spend an average of 28.0 minutes each way, 19% above the Missouri average of 23.5. 13.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.