Pay and cost of living in Anderson County, SC
Anderson County, SC is part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC labor market, and this page summarizes 11 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $35,560 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Registered Nurses at $81,400, and the lowest is Waiters and Waitresses at $19,950.
A one-bedroom apartment in Anderson County, SC has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,012 a month and a two-bedroom $1,102. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $19,136 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $31,050 a year, and 10 of the 11 occupations listed here (91%) earn 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 Anderson County, SC or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Anderson County, SC
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Anderson County, SC, set beside the South Carolina and national medians.
Median household income in Anderson County, SC is $66,651, 4% below the South Carolina median of $69,324 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($12,144) equals 18.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $35,560, is 47% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Anderson County, SC pay a median of $1,043 a year in real estate taxes, 17% below the South Carolina median of $1,251. With a median home value of $231,900, 10% below the South Carolina median of $259,000, the ratio of the two medians is 0.45% a year.
Renters in Anderson County, SC pay a median gross rent of $989 a month in the Census survey, 16% below the South Carolina median of $1,180. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,012; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Anderson County, SC who travel to a workplace spend an average of 26.5 minutes each way, 4% above the South Carolina average of 25.6. 7.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.