Pay and cost of living in Ray County, MO
Ray County, MO is part of the Kansas City, MO-KS labor market, and this page summarizes 30 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $45,465 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Software Developers at $124,990, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $29,560.
A one-bedroom apartment in Ray County, MO has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,366 a month and a two-bedroom $1,546. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $23,267 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $42,863 a year, and every one of the 30 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 Ray County, MO or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Ray County, MO
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Ray County, MO, set beside the Missouri and national medians.
Median household income in Ray County, MO is $74,573, 5% above the Missouri median of $70,702 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($16,392) equals 22.0% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $45,465, is 39% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Ray County, MO pay a median of $1,594 a year in real estate taxes, 18% below the Missouri median of $1,948. With a median home value of $198,800, 14% below the Missouri median of $230,300, the ratio of the two medians is 0.80% a year.
Renters in Ray County, MO pay a median gross rent of $782 a month in the Census survey, 24% below the Missouri median of $1,033. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,366; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Ray County, MO who travel to a workplace spend an average of 34.3 minutes each way, 46% above the Missouri average of 23.5. 10.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.