Pay and cost of living in Lafayette County, MO
Across the 36 occupations we cover in Lafayette County, MO, the middle median salary is $46,225 a year. Pay runs from $29,560 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $124,990 for Software Developers, a spread of $95,430. Wages come from the Kansas City, MO-KS survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Lafayette 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.
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 Lafayette County, MO
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Lafayette County, MO, set beside the Missouri and national medians.
Median household income in Lafayette County, MO is $80,612, 14% above the Missouri median of $70,702 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($16,392) equals 20.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $46,225, is 43% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Lafayette County, MO pay a median of $1,581 a year in real estate taxes, 19% below the Missouri median of $1,948. With a median home value of $216,500, 6% below the Missouri median of $230,300, the ratio of the two medians is 0.73% a year.
Renters in Lafayette County, MO pay a median gross rent of $928 a month in the Census survey, 10% below 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 Lafayette County, MO who travel to a workplace spend an average of 24.9 minutes each way, 6% above the Missouri average of 23.5. 9.0% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.