Pay and cost of living in Pierce County, WA
Pierce County, WA is part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA labor market, and this page summarizes 68 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $61,825 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $214,680, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $39,150.
A one-bedroom apartment in Pierce County, WA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,682 a month and a two-bedroom $2,064. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $27,234 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $64,425 a year, and every one of the 68 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 Pierce County, WA or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Pierce County, WA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Pierce County, WA, set beside the Washington and national medians.
Median household income in Pierce County, WA is $99,564, 1% above the Washington median of $98,141 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($20,184) equals 20.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $61,825, is 38% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Pierce County, WA pay a median of $4,770 a year in real estate taxes, 5% above the Washington median of $4,556. With a median home value of $526,600, 7% below the Washington median of $564,600, the ratio of the two medians is 0.91% a year.
Renters in Pierce County, WA pay a median gross rent of $1,806 a month in the Census survey, 3% above the Washington median of $1,760. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,682; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Pierce County, WA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 31.3 minutes each way, 18% above the Washington average of 26.6. 13.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.