Pay and cost of living in Plumas County, CA
Plumas County, CA is part of the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $34,320 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $34,320, and the lowest is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $34,320.
A one-bedroom apartment in Plumas County, CA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,087 a month and a two-bedroom $1,422. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $22,655 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $29,320 a year, and every one of the 1 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 Plumas County, CA or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Plumas County, CA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Plumas County, CA, set beside the California and national medians.
Median household income in Plumas County, CA is $66,031, 33% below the California median of $99,122 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($13,044) equals 19.8% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $34,320, is 48% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Plumas County, CA pay a median of $2,537 a year in real estate taxes, 50% below the California median of $5,124. With a median home value of $360,200, 51% below the California median of $734,700, the ratio of the two medians is 0.70% a year.
Renters in Plumas County, CA pay a median gross rent of $1,194 a month in the Census survey, 41% below the California median of $2,036. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,087; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Plumas County, CA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 19.8 minutes each way, 31% below the California average of 28.7. 7.2% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.