Pay and cost of living in Aiken County, SC
Aiken County, SC is part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC labor market, and this page summarizes 3 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $29,350 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Registered Nurses at $87,760, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $26,620.
A one-bedroom apartment in Aiken County, SC has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,202 a month and a two-bedroom $1,329. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,416 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $38,366 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 Aiken County, SC or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Aiken County, SC
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Aiken County, SC, set beside the South Carolina and national medians.
Median household income in Aiken County, SC is $70,609, 2% above the South Carolina median of $69,324 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,424) equals 20.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $29,350, is 58% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Aiken County, SC pay a median of $897 a year in real estate taxes, 28% below the South Carolina median of $1,251. With a median home value of $218,000, 16% below the South Carolina median of $259,000, the ratio of the two medians is 0.41% a year.
Renters in Aiken County, SC pay a median gross rent of $1,062 a month in the Census survey, 10% below the South Carolina median of $1,180. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,202; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Aiken County, SC who travel to a workplace spend an average of 25.0 minutes each way, 2% below the South Carolina average of 25.6. 10.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.