Pay and cost of living in Wood County, OH
Wood County, OH is part of the Toledo, OH labor market, and this page summarizes 7 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $42,640 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is General and Operations Managers at $95,120, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $27,570.
A one-bedroom apartment in Wood County, OH has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $875 a month and a two-bedroom $1,145. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,654 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $42,560 a year, and every one of the 7 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 Wood County, OH or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Wood County, OH
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Wood County, OH, set beside the Ohio and national medians.
Median household income in Wood County, OH is $74,216, 4% above the Ohio median of $71,389 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,500) equals 14.1% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $42,640, is 43% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Wood County, OH pay a median of $3,059 a year in real estate taxes, 8% above the Ohio median of $2,822. With a median home value of $227,600, 6% above the Ohio median of $214,800, the ratio of the two medians is 1.34% a year.
Renters in Wood County, OH pay a median gross rent of $972 a month in the Census survey, 6% below the Ohio median of $1,034. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $875; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Wood County, OH who travel to a workplace spend an average of 20.5 minutes each way, 12% below the Ohio average of 23.4. 10.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.