Pay and cost of living in Le Sueur County, MN
Across the 56 occupations we cover in Le Sueur County, MN, the middle median salary is $61,220 a year. Pay runs from $25,920 for Waiters and Waitresses up to $178,080 for Computer and Information Systems Managers, a spread of $152,160. Wages come from the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Le Sueur County, MN has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $839 a month and a two-bedroom $1,098. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,003 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $54,093 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 Le Sueur County, MN
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Le Sueur County, MN, set beside the Minnesota and national medians.
Median household income in Le Sueur County, MN is $94,968, 7% above the Minnesota median of $89,062 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,068) equals 10.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $61,220, is 36% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Le Sueur County, MN pay a median of $3,366 a year in real estate taxes, in line with the Minnesota median of $3,357. With a median home value of $316,500, 4% below the Minnesota median of $329,300, the ratio of the two medians is 1.06% a year.
Renters in Le Sueur County, MN pay a median gross rent of $942 a month in the Census survey, 26% below the Minnesota median of $1,280. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $839; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Le Sueur County, MN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 24.6 minutes each way, 8% above the Minnesota average of 22.7. 9.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.