Pay and cost of living in Charles County, MD
Across the 88 occupations we cover in Charles County, MD, the middle median salary is $64,785 a year. Pay runs from $34,600 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $195,190 for Computer and Information Systems Managers, a spread of $160,590. Wages come from the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Charles County, MD has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,204 a month and a two-bedroom $2,438. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $33,944 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $60,468 a year, and 73 of the 88 occupations listed here (83%) earn 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 Charles County, MD
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Charles County, MD, set beside the Maryland and national medians.
Median household income in Charles County, MD is $122,816, 18% above the Maryland median of $103,678 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($26,448) equals 21.5% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $64,785, is 47% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Charles County, MD pay a median of $4,339 a year in real estate taxes, 6% above the Maryland median of $4,093. With a median home value of $428,500, 2% above the Maryland median of $419,900, the ratio of the two medians is 1.01% a year.
Renters in Charles County, MD pay a median gross rent of $1,920 a month in the Census survey, 13% above the Maryland median of $1,705. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $2,204; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Charles County, MD who travel to a workplace spend an average of 41.4 minutes each way, 33% above the Maryland average of 31.1. 16.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.