Pay and cost of living in Marion County, IA
Marion County, IA is part of the Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 2 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $38,445 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $48,990, and the lowest is Cashiers at $27,900.
A one-bedroom apartment in Marion County, IA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $826 a month and a two-bedroom $1,021. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $16,604 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $31,598 a year, and every one of the 2 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 Marion County, IA or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Marion County, IA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Marion County, IA, set beside the Iowa and national medians.
Median household income in Marion County, IA is $78,680, 5% above the Iowa median of $75,059 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($9,912) equals 12.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $38,445, is 51% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Marion County, IA pay a median of $2,848 a year in real estate taxes, 2% below the Iowa median of $2,897. With a median home value of $233,000, 12% above the Iowa median of $208,000, the ratio of the two medians is 1.22% a year.
Renters in Marion County, IA pay a median gross rent of $884 a month in the Census survey, 9% below the Iowa median of $972. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $826; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Marion County, IA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 21.0 minutes each way, 6% above the Iowa average of 19.8. 10.2% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.