Pay and cost of living in Laurel County, KY
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Laurel County, KY, the middle median salary is $35,710 a year. Pay runs from $35,710 for Stockers and Order Fillers up to $35,710 for Stockers and Order Fillers, a spread of $0. Wages come from the South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Laurel County, KY has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $749 a month and a two-bedroom $943. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $15,768 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $29,524 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Laurel County, KY
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Laurel County, KY, set beside the Kentucky and national medians.
Median household income in Laurel County, KY is $57,771, 9% below the Kentucky median of $63,726 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($8,988) equals 15.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $35,710, is 38% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Laurel County, KY pay a median of $906 a year in real estate taxes, 41% below the Kentucky median of $1,544. With a median home value of $159,500, 22% below the Kentucky median of $205,600, the ratio of the two medians is 0.57% a year.
Renters in Laurel County, KY pay a median gross rent of $813 a month in the Census survey, 16% below the Kentucky median of $967. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $749; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Laurel County, KY who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.6 minutes each way, 6% below the Kentucky average of 24.0. 8.7% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.