Pay and cost of living in Utah County, UT
Across the 5 occupations we cover in Utah County, UT, the middle median salary is $39,560 a year. Pay runs from $28,710 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $131,210 for Software Developers, a spread of $102,500. Wages come from the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Utah County, UT has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,192 a month and a two-bedroom $1,363. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,083 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $50,343 a year, and every one of the 5 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 Utah County, UT
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Utah County, UT, set beside the Utah and national medians.
Median household income in Utah County, UT is $100,671, 6% above the Utah median of $95,166 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,304) equals 14.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $39,560, is 61% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Utah County, UT pay a median of $2,370 a year in real estate taxes, 6% below the Utah median of $2,525. With a median home value of $538,700, 10% above the Utah median of $489,400, the ratio of the two medians is 0.44% a year.
Renters in Utah County, UT pay a median gross rent of $1,541 a month in the Census survey, 3% above the Utah median of $1,496. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,192; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Utah County, UT who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.6 minutes each way, 2% above the Utah average of 22.1. 19.0% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.