Pay and cost of living in Clay County, MN
Clay County, MN is part of the Fargo, ND-MN labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $82,120 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Registered Nurses at $82,120, and the lowest is Registered Nurses at $82,120.
A one-bedroom apartment in Clay County, MN has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $903 a month and a two-bedroom $1,104. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,771 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $62,227 a year, and every one of the 1 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 Clay County, MN or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Clay County, MN
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Clay County, MN, set beside the Minnesota and national medians.
Median household income in Clay County, MN is $81,172, 9% below the Minnesota median of $89,062 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,836) equals 13.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $82,120, is 1% above household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Clay County, MN pay a median of $3,013 a year in real estate taxes, 10% below the Minnesota median of $3,357. With a median home value of $265,500, 19% below the Minnesota median of $329,300, the ratio of the two medians is 1.13% a year.
Renters in Clay County, MN pay a median gross rent of $1,019 a month in the Census survey, 20% below the Minnesota median of $1,280. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $903; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Clay County, MN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 19.7 minutes each way, 13% below the Minnesota average of 22.7. 11.8% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.