Pay and cost of living in Tooele County, UT
Across the 22 occupations we cover in Tooele County, UT, the middle median salary is $46,435 a year. Pay runs from $29,070 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $129,600 for Software Developers, a spread of $100,530. Wages come from the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Tooele County, UT has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $878 a month and a two-bedroom $1,149. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,315 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $46,160 a year, and every one of the 22 occupations listed here earns 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 Tooele County, UT
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Tooele County, UT, set beside the Utah and national medians.
Median household income in Tooele County, UT is $106,587, 12% above the Utah median of $95,166 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,536) equals 9.9% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $46,435, is 56% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Tooele County, UT pay a median of $2,460 a year in real estate taxes, 3% below the Utah median of $2,525. With a median home value of $431,600, 12% below the Utah median of $489,400, the ratio of the two medians is 0.57% a year.
Renters in Tooele County, UT pay a median gross rent of $1,189 a month in the Census survey, 21% below the Utah median of $1,496. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $878; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Tooele County, UT who travel to a workplace spend an average of 30.3 minutes each way, 37% above the Utah average of 22.1. 15.8% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.