Pay and cost of living in Midland County, TX
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Midland County, TX, the middle median salary is $132,420 a year. Pay runs from $132,420 for General and Operations Managers up to $132,420 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $0. Wages come from the Midland, TX survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Midland County, TX has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,408 a month and a two-bedroom $1,794. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $23,963 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $101,442 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 Midland County, TX
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Midland County, TX, set beside the Texas and national medians.
Median household income in Midland County, TX is $92,874, 18% above the Texas median of $78,476 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($16,896) equals 18.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $132,420, is 43% above household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Midland County, TX pay a median of $3,832 a year in real estate taxes, 9% below the Texas median of $4,232. With a median home value of $312,700, 10% above the Texas median of $283,800, the ratio of the two medians is 1.23% a year.
Renters in Midland County, TX pay a median gross rent of $1,407 a month in the Census survey, in line with the Texas median of $1,403. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,408; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Midland County, TX who travel to a workplace spend an average of 21.7 minutes each way, 19% below the Texas average of 26.7. 5.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.