Pay and cost of living in Lehigh County, PA
Lehigh County, PA is part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ labor market, and this page summarizes 4 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $40,665 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Registered Nurses at $101,440, and the lowest is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $30,380.
A one-bedroom apartment in Lehigh County, PA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,519 a month and a two-bedroom $1,839. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $25,649 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $42,379 a year, and 3 of the 4 occupations listed here (75%) earn 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 Lehigh County, PA or against other counties.