Pay and cost of living in Lake County, OH
Lake County, OH is part of the Cleveland, OH labor market, and this page summarizes 26 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $44,710 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Software Developers at $111,310, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $28,750.
A one-bedroom apartment in Lake County, OH has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,050 a month and a two-bedroom $1,274. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $19,754 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $42,841 a year, and every one of the 26 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 Lake County, OH or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Lake County, OH
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Lake County, OH, set beside the Ohio and national medians.
Median household income in Lake County, OH is $80,925, 13% above the Ohio median of $71,389 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($12,600) equals 15.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $44,710, is 45% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Lake County, OH pay a median of $3,475 a year in real estate taxes, 23% above the Ohio median of $2,822. With a median home value of $214,100, in line with the Ohio median of $214,800, the ratio of the two medians is 1.62% a year.
Renters in Lake County, OH pay a median gross rent of $1,113 a month in the Census survey, 8% above the Ohio median of $1,034. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,050; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Lake County, OH who travel to a workplace spend an average of 23.1 minutes each way, 1% below the Ohio average of 23.4. 13.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.