Pay and cost of living in Newport County, RI
Newport County, RI is part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA labor market, and this page summarizes 20 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $43,610 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is General and Operations Managers at $110,360, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $33,700.
A one-bedroom apartment in Newport County, RI has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,794 a month and a two-bedroom $2,319. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $30,396 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $43,943 a year, and 16 of the 20 occupations listed here (80%) 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 Newport County, RI or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Newport County, RI
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Newport County, RI, set beside the Rhode Island and national medians.
Median household income in Newport County, RI is $103,514, 18% above the Rhode Island median of $87,796 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($21,528) equals 20.8% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $43,610, is 58% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Newport County, RI pay a median of $5,414 a year in real estate taxes, 10% above the Rhode Island median of $4,900. With a median home value of $609,700, 51% above the Rhode Island median of $404,200, the ratio of the two medians is 0.89% a year.
Renters in Newport County, RI pay a median gross rent of $1,713 a month in the Census survey, 28% above the Rhode Island median of $1,342. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,794; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Newport County, RI who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.8 minutes each way, 11% below the Rhode Island average of 25.5. 15.7% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.