Pay and cost of living in Columbia County, OR
Across the 31 occupations we cover in Columbia County, OR, the middle median salary is $54,240 a year. Pay runs from $35,620 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $156,000 for Software Developers, a spread of $120,380. Wages come from the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Columbia County, OR has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,633 a month and a two-bedroom $1,878. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $27,059 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $47,650 a year, and every one of the 31 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 Columbia County, OR
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Columbia County, OR, set beside the Oregon and national medians.
Median household income in Columbia County, OR is $87,458, 5% above the Oregon median of $83,011 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($19,596) equals 22.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $54,240, is 38% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Columbia County, OR pay a median of $3,137 a year in real estate taxes, 19% below the Oregon median of $3,876. With a median home value of $421,600, 12% below the Oregon median of $477,600, the ratio of the two medians is 0.74% a year.
Renters in Columbia County, OR pay a median gross rent of $1,373 a month in the Census survey, 10% below the Oregon median of $1,525. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,633; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Columbia County, OR who travel to a workplace spend an average of 31.7 minutes each way, 38% above the Oregon average of 23.0. 12.2% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.