Pay and cost of living in Hamilton County, TN
Hamilton County, TN is part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA labor market, and this page summarizes 4 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $34,645 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $45,330, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $27,140.
A one-bedroom apartment in Hamilton County, TN has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,231 a month and a two-bedroom $1,340. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,367 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $30,602 a year, and every one of the 4 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 Hamilton County, TN or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Hamilton County, TN
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Hamilton County, TN, set beside the Tennessee and national medians.
Median household income in Hamilton County, TN is $76,183, 9% above the Tennessee median of $69,595 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,772) equals 19.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $34,645, is 55% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Hamilton County, TN pay a median of $1,925 a year in real estate taxes, 33% above the Tennessee median of $1,442. With a median home value of $312,800, 9% above the Tennessee median of $286,700, the ratio of the two medians is 0.62% a year.
Renters in Hamilton County, TN pay a median gross rent of $1,253 a month in the Census survey, 5% above the Tennessee median of $1,189. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,231; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Hamilton County, TN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.1 minutes each way, 14% below the Tennessee average of 25.7. 14.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.