Pay and cost of living in Pierce County, WI
Pierce County, WI is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI labor market, and this page summarizes 86 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $61,230 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $178,080, and the lowest is Waiters and Waitresses at $25,920.
A one-bedroom apartment in Pierce County, WI has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,427 a month and a two-bedroom $1,734. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $24,287 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $54,645 a year, and 84 of the 86 occupations listed here (98%) earn 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, WI or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Pierce County, WI
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Pierce County, WI, set beside the Wisconsin and national medians.
Median household income in Pierce County, WI is $92,109, 19% above the Wisconsin median of $77,485 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($17,124) equals 18.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $61,230, is 34% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Pierce County, WI pay a median of $4,551 a year in real estate taxes, 20% above the Wisconsin median of $3,792. With a median home value of $333,700, 25% above the Wisconsin median of $266,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.36% a year.
Renters in Pierce County, WI pay a median gross rent of $1,044 a month in the Census survey, 4% below the Wisconsin median of $1,087. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,427; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Pierce County, WI who travel to a workplace spend an average of 26.8 minutes each way, 21% above the Wisconsin average of 22.2. 12.8% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.