Pay and cost of living in St. Louis County, MO
St. Louis County, MO is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL labor market, and this page summarizes 42 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $46,860 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Financial Managers at $158,780, and the lowest is Cooks, Fast Food at $30,860.
A one-bedroom apartment in St. Louis County, MO has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,104 a month and a two-bedroom $1,349. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $20,123 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $44,665 a year, and every one of the 42 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 St. Louis County, MO or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in St. Louis County, MO
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for St. Louis County, MO, set beside the Missouri and national medians.
Median household income in St. Louis County, MO is $82,936, 17% above the Missouri median of $70,702 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($13,248) equals 16.0% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $46,860, is 43% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in St. Louis County, MO pay a median of $3,335 a year in real estate taxes, 71% above the Missouri median of $1,948. With a median home value of $276,800, 20% above the Missouri median of $230,300, the ratio of the two medians is 1.20% a year.
Renters in St. Louis County, MO pay a median gross rent of $1,209 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 $1,104; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in St. Louis County, MO who travel to a workplace spend an average of 23.1 minutes each way, 2% below the Missouri average of 23.5. 18.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.