Pay and cost of living in Pawnee County, OK
Pawnee County, OK is part of the Tulsa, OK labor market, and this page summarizes 11 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $36,980 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is General and Operations Managers at $96,150, and the lowest is Waiters and Waitresses at $18,350.
A one-bedroom apartment in Pawnee County, OK has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $805 a month and a two-bedroom $972. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $16,346 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $36,171 a year, and every one of the 11 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 Pawnee County, OK or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Pawnee County, OK
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Pawnee County, OK, set beside the Oklahoma and national medians.
Median household income in Pawnee County, OK is $58,738, 10% below the Oklahoma median of $65,039 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($9,660) equals 16.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $36,980, is 37% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Pawnee County, OK pay a median of $876 a year in real estate taxes, 45% below the Oklahoma median of $1,599. With a median home value of $131,500, 34% below the Oklahoma median of $199,800, the ratio of the two medians is 0.67% a year.
Renters in Pawnee County, OK pay a median gross rent of $864 a month in the Census survey, 15% below the Oklahoma median of $1,014. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $805; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Pawnee County, OK who travel to a workplace spend an average of 28.0 minutes each way, 25% above the Oklahoma average of 22.4. 4.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.