Pay and cost of living in Webster County, MS
Webster County, MS is part of the Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $27,860 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Retail Salespersons at $27,860, and the lowest is Retail Salespersons at $27,860.
A one-bedroom apartment in Webster County, MS has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $692 a month and a two-bedroom $905. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $15,110 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $24,093 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 Webster County, MS or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Webster County, MS
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Webster County, MS, set beside the Mississippi and national medians.
Median household income in Webster County, MS is $58,789, 4% above the Mississippi median of $56,447 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($8,304) equals 14.1% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $27,860, is 53% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Webster County, MS pay a median of $821 a year in real estate taxes, 32% below the Mississippi median of $1,215. With a median home value of $120,100, 29% below the Mississippi median of $169,800, the ratio of the two medians is 0.68% a year.
Renters in Webster County, MS pay a median gross rent of $632 a month in the Census survey, 34% below the Mississippi median of $954. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $692; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Webster County, MS who travel to a workplace spend an average of 28.7 minutes each way, 12% above the Mississippi average of 25.6. 4.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.