Pay and cost of living in Lane County, OR
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Lane County, OR, the middle median salary is $33,990 a year. Pay runs from $33,990 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $33,990 for Fast Food and Counter Workers, a spread of $0. Wages come from the Eugene-Springfield, OR survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Lane County, OR has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,182 a month and a two-bedroom $1,546. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,647 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $27,440 a year, and every one of the 1 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 Lane County, OR
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Lane County, OR, set beside the Oregon and national medians.
Median household income in Lane County, OR is $71,544, 14% below the Oregon median of $83,011 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,184) equals 19.8% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $33,990, is 52% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Lane County, OR pay a median of $3,536 a year in real estate taxes, 9% below the Oregon median of $3,876. With a median home value of $430,600, 10% below the Oregon median of $477,600, the ratio of the two medians is 0.82% a year.
Renters in Lane County, OR pay a median gross rent of $1,355 a month in the Census survey, 11% below the Oregon median of $1,525. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,182; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Lane County, OR who travel to a workplace spend an average of 20.2 minutes each way, 12% below the Oregon average of 23.0. 15.5% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.