Pay and cost of living in Douglas County, WI
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Douglas County, WI, the middle median salary is $36,390 a year. Pay runs from $36,390 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides up to $36,390 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides, a spread of $0. Wages come from the Duluth, MN-WI survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Douglas County, WI has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $961 a month and a two-bedroom $1,207. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $18,695 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $30,526 a year, and every one of the 1 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 Douglas County, WI
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Douglas County, WI, set beside the Wisconsin and national medians.
Median household income in Douglas County, WI is $75,099, 3% below the Wisconsin median of $77,485 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($11,532) equals 15.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $36,390, is 52% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Douglas County, WI pay a median of $2,599 a year in real estate taxes, 31% below the Wisconsin median of $3,792. With a median home value of $205,800, 23% below the Wisconsin median of $266,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.26% a year.
Renters in Douglas County, WI pay a median gross rent of $909 a month in the Census survey, 16% below the Wisconsin median of $1,087. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $961; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Douglas County, WI who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.0 minutes each way, in line with the Wisconsin average of 22.2. 9.1% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.