Pay and cost of living in Butler County, PA
Across the 28 occupations we cover in Butler County, PA, the middle median salary is $42,935 a year. Pay runs from $28,250 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $124,500 for Software Developers, a spread of $96,250. Wages come from the Pittsburgh, PA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Butler County, PA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,146 a month and a two-bedroom $1,389. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,173 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $40,977 a year, and every one of the 28 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 Butler County, PA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Butler County, PA, set beside the Pennsylvania and national medians.
Median household income in Butler County, PA is $89,843, 15% above the Pennsylvania median of $77,971 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($13,752) equals 15.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $42,935, is 52% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Butler County, PA pay a median of $2,970 a year in real estate taxes, 10% below the Pennsylvania median of $3,311. With a median home value of $294,200, 16% above the Pennsylvania median of $254,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.01% a year.
Renters in Butler County, PA pay a median gross rent of $1,041 a month in the Census survey, 14% below the Pennsylvania median of $1,209. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,146; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Butler County, PA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 27.4 minutes each way, 4% above the Pennsylvania average of 26.3. 16.8% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.