Pay and cost of living in Greene County, OH
Across the 7 occupations we cover in Greene County, OH, the middle median salary is $34,980 a year. Pay runs from $27,680 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $98,030 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $70,350. Wages come from the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Greene County, OH has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,008 a month and a two-bedroom $1,248. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $19,250 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $39,747 a year, and every one of the 7 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 Greene County, OH
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Greene County, OH, set beside the Ohio and national medians.
Median household income in Greene County, OH is $87,309, 22% above the Ohio median of $71,389 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($12,096) equals 13.9% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $34,980, is 60% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Greene County, OH pay a median of $4,071 a year in real estate taxes, 44% above the Ohio median of $2,822. With a median home value of $252,200, 17% above the Ohio median of $214,800, the ratio of the two medians is 1.61% a year.
Renters in Greene County, OH pay a median gross rent of $1,135 a month in the Census survey, 10% above the Ohio median of $1,034. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,008; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Greene County, OH who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.0 minutes each way, 6% below the Ohio average of 23.4. 12.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.