Pay and cost of living in Perry County, PA
Across the 8 occupations we cover in Perry County, PA, the middle median salary is $40,215 a year. Pay runs from $28,070 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $101,890 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $73,820. Wages come from the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Perry County, PA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,285 a month and a two-bedroom $1,598. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $22,841 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $42,618 a year, and every one of the 8 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 Perry County, PA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Perry County, PA, set beside the Pennsylvania and national medians.
Median household income in Perry County, PA is $79,444, 2% above the Pennsylvania median of $77,971 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($15,420) equals 19.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $40,215, is 49% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Perry County, PA pay a median of $2,859 a year in real estate taxes, 14% below the Pennsylvania median of $3,311. With a median home value of $236,400, 7% below the Pennsylvania median of $254,500, the ratio of the two medians is 1.21% a year.
Renters in Perry County, PA pay a median gross rent of $874 a month in the Census survey, 28% below the Pennsylvania median of $1,209. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,285; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Perry County, PA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 32.0 minutes each way, 22% above the Pennsylvania average of 26.3. 15.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.