Pay and cost of living in Luzerne County, PA
Luzerne County, PA is part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA labor market, and this page summarizes 3 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $37,410 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $42,900, and the lowest is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $29,460.
A one-bedroom apartment in Luzerne County, PA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,106 a month and a two-bedroom $1,363. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $20,693 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $30,405 a year, and every one of the 3 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 Luzerne County, PA or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Luzerne County, PA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Luzerne County, PA, set beside the Pennsylvania and national medians.
Median household income in Luzerne County, PA is $63,691, 18% below the Pennsylvania median of $77,971 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($13,272) equals 20.8% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $37,410, is 41% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Luzerne County, PA pay a median of $2,530 a year in real estate taxes, 24% below the Pennsylvania median of $3,311. With a median home value of $174,100, 32% below the Pennsylvania median of $254,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.45% a year.
Renters in Luzerne County, PA pay a median gross rent of $1,004 a month in the Census survey, 17% below the Pennsylvania median of $1,209. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,106; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Luzerne County, PA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 23.5 minutes each way, 11% below the Pennsylvania average of 26.3. 10.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.