Pay and cost of living in St. Clair County, MI
Across the 56 occupations we cover in St. Clair County, MI, the middle median salary is $49,850 a year. Pay runs from $29,590 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $170,040 for Computer and Information Systems Managers, a spread of $140,450. Wages come from the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in St. Clair County, MI has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,167 a month and a two-bedroom $1,459. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,331 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $51,549 a year, and every one of the 56 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 St. Clair County, MI
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for St. Clair County, MI, set beside the Michigan and national medians.
Median household income in St. Clair County, MI is $71,270, 2% below the Michigan median of $72,875 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,004) equals 19.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $49,850, is 30% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in St. Clair County, MI pay a median of $2,562 a year in real estate taxes, 12% below the Michigan median of $2,904. With a median home value of $224,600, 3% below the Michigan median of $231,600, the ratio of the two medians is 1.14% a year.
Renters in St. Clair County, MI pay a median gross rent of $1,029 a month in the Census survey, 9% below the Michigan median of $1,129. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,167; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in St. Clair County, MI who travel to a workplace spend an average of 28.5 minutes each way, 18% above the Michigan average of 24.2. 7.7% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.