Pay and cost of living in Osage County, OK
Across the 11 occupations we cover in Osage County, OK, the middle median salary is $36,980 a year. Pay runs from $18,350 for Waiters and Waitresses up to $96,150 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $77,800. Wages come from the Tulsa, OK survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Osage County, OK has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,007 a month and a two-bedroom $1,229. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $18,770 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $36,171 a year, and 10 of the 11 occupations listed here (91%) earn 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 Osage County, OK
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Osage County, OK, set beside the Oklahoma and national medians.
Median household income in Osage County, OK is $62,847, 3% below the Oklahoma median of $65,039 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($12,084) equals 19.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $36,980, is 41% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Osage County, OK pay a median of $1,248 a year in real estate taxes, 22% below the Oklahoma median of $1,599. With a median home value of $182,100, 9% below the Oklahoma median of $199,800, the ratio of the two medians is 0.69% a year.
Renters in Osage County, OK pay a median gross rent of $777 a month in the Census survey, 23% below the Oklahoma median of $1,014. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,007; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Osage County, OK who travel to a workplace spend an average of 24.6 minutes each way, 10% above the Oklahoma average of 22.4. 7.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.