Pay and cost of living in Pulaski County, MO
Across the 3 occupations we cover in Pulaski County, MO, the middle median salary is $35,370 a year. Pay runs from $28,680 for Cashiers up to $65,000 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $36,320. Wages come from the Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Pulaski County, MO has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $898 a month and a two-bedroom $1,175. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,651 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $35,526 a year, and every one of the 3 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 Pulaski County, MO
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Pulaski County, MO, set beside the Missouri and national medians.
Median household income in Pulaski County, MO is $64,466, 9% below the Missouri median of $70,702 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,776) equals 16.7% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $35,370, is 45% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Pulaski County, MO pay a median of $1,159 a year in real estate taxes, 41% below the Missouri median of $1,948. With a median home value of $189,800, 18% below the Missouri median of $230,300, the ratio of the two medians is 0.61% a year.
Renters in Pulaski County, MO pay a median gross rent of $1,112 a month in the Census survey, 8% above the Missouri median of $1,033. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $898; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Pulaski County, MO who travel to a workplace spend an average of 19.5 minutes each way, 17% below the Missouri average of 23.5. 15.7% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.