Pay and cost of living in St. Clair County, AL
St. Clair County, AL is part of the Birmingham, AL labor market, and this page summarizes 10 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $39,015 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is General and Operations Managers at $123,560, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $27,020.
A one-bedroom apartment in St. Clair County, AL has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,263 a month and a two-bedroom $1,375. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $22,270 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $39,760 a year, and every one of the 10 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 St. Clair County, AL or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in St. Clair County, AL
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for St. Clair County, AL, set beside the Alabama and national medians.
Median household income in St. Clair County, AL is $77,463, 21% above the Alabama median of $63,999 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($15,156) equals 19.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $39,015, is 50% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in St. Clair County, AL pay a median of $724 a year in real estate taxes, 8% below the Alabama median of $788. With a median home value of $226,300, 8% above the Alabama median of $209,900, the ratio of the two medians is 0.32% a year.
Renters in St. Clair County, AL pay a median gross rent of $1,084 a month in the Census survey, 8% above the Alabama median of $1,007. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,263; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in St. Clair County, AL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 30.7 minutes each way, 20% above the Alabama average of 25.5. 11.7% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.