Pay and cost of living in Park County, CO
Park County, CO is part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO labor market, and this page summarizes 56 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $62,980 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $203,340, and the lowest is Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary at $36,910.
A one-bedroom apartment in Park County, CO has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,831 a month and a two-bedroom $2,169. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $28,846 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $57,661 a year, and every one of the 56 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 Park County, CO or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Park County, CO
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Park County, CO, set beside the Colorado and national medians.
Median household income in Park County, CO is $103,670, 9% above the Colorado median of $95,470 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($21,972) equals 21.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $62,980, is 39% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Park County, CO pay a median of $1,771 a year in real estate taxes, 32% below the Colorado median of $2,602. With a median home value of $532,100, 1% below the Colorado median of $539,400, the ratio of the two medians is 0.33% a year.
Renters in Park County, CO pay a median gross rent of $2,161 a month in the Census survey, 23% above the Colorado median of $1,761. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,831; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Park County, CO who travel to a workplace spend an average of 39.0 minutes each way, 55% above the Colorado average of 25.2. 24.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.