Pay and cost of living in Columbia County, WI
Columbia County, WI is part of the Madison, WI labor market, and this page summarizes 8 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $38,450 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Registered Nurses at $101,190, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $29,820.
A one-bedroom apartment in Columbia County, WI has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $868 a month and a two-bedroom $1,136. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,579 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $37,481 a year, and every one of the 8 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 Columbia County, WI or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Columbia County, WI
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Columbia County, WI, set beside the Wisconsin and national medians.
Median household income in Columbia County, WI is $85,351, 10% above the Wisconsin median of $77,485 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,416) equals 12.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $38,450, is 55% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Columbia County, WI pay a median of $3,855 a year in real estate taxes, 2% above the Wisconsin median of $3,792. With a median home value of $283,200, 6% above the Wisconsin median of $266,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.36% a year.
Renters in Columbia County, WI pay a median gross rent of $978 a month in the Census survey, 10% below the Wisconsin median of $1,087. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $868; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Columbia County, WI who travel to a workplace spend an average of 26.0 minutes each way, 17% above the Wisconsin average of 22.2. 12.5% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.