Pay and cost of living in Northampton County, PA
Across the 12 occupations we cover in Northampton County, PA, the middle median salary is $40,665 a year. Pay runs from $29,090 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $101,440 for Registered Nurses, a spread of $72,350. Wages come from the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Northampton County, PA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,519 a month and a two-bedroom $1,839. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $25,649 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $40,053 a year, and 10 of the 12 occupations listed here (83%) 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 Northampton County, PA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Northampton County, PA, set beside the Pennsylvania and national medians.
Median household income in Northampton County, PA is $89,184, 14% above the Pennsylvania median of $77,971 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($18,228) equals 20.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $40,665, is 54% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Northampton County, PA pay a median of $4,700 a year in real estate taxes, 42% above the Pennsylvania median of $3,311. With a median home value of $308,600, 21% above the Pennsylvania median of $254,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.52% a year.
Renters in Northampton County, PA pay a median gross rent of $1,395 a month in the Census survey, 15% above the Pennsylvania median of $1,209. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,519; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Northampton County, PA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 27.0 minutes each way, 3% above the Pennsylvania average of 26.3. 14.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.