Bremerton, WA
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Bremerton ranks 8th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 10th for income. A household earns $109,052 a year while median rent runs $1,869/mo, making it comfortably affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 6% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (4th of 300), while cost of living is the soft spot (276th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 273rd and home prices 272nd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Bremerton, your take-home is worth about $58,058 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 10th of 300↑37%$109,052
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 276th of 300106 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $103,262
- Per-capita income
- $55,266
- Full-time pay
- $57,591
Housing
- Median rent
- 273rd of 300↑30.4%$1,869/mo
- Home value
- 272nd of 300↑53%$579,700
- Property tax
- $4,430/yr · 0.8%
- Sales tax
- 9.43%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 43rd of 3003.2%
- Bachelor's+
- 81st of 30039.4%
- Avg commute
- 261st of 30028.4 min
People
- Population
- 281,420
- Population change
- +3.7%
- Median age
- 40.5 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 7.8%
- Broadband
- 97.3%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 4th of 30019
- Natural-hazard loss
- 238th of 300$19/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 12th of 30014.2%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 7.1%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Job market
- + Education
- + Air quality
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — seattle boeing fld.
What jobs pay in Bremerton
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $177,960
- Financial managers
- $161,800
- Pharmacists
- $158,020
- Software developers
- $146,200
- Lawyers
- $141,540
- General & operations managers
- $137,980
- Civil engineers
- $116,210
- Registered nurses
- $107,220
- Secondary school teachers
- $104,180
- Elementary school teachers
- $102,650
- Police officers
- $101,440
- Accountants & auditors
- $88,250
- Web developers
- $87,990
- Plumbers
- $82,960
- Electricians
- $80,990
- Carpenters
- $65,000
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $62,710
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $59,670
- Waiters & waitresses
- $55,270
- Construction laborers
- $54,710
- Customer service reps
- $47,000
- Janitors
- $45,970
- Retail salespersons
- $38,470
- Cashiers
- $38,100
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Bremerton metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Washington are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- California3,004
- Virginia1,111
- South Carolina837
- Florida736
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Bremerton metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Bremerton metro?
- Median gross rent across the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area is $1,869 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Bremerton.
- What is the median household income in the Bremerton metro?
- A typical household in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area earns $109,052 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Bremerton expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area runs about 6% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Bremerton metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $103,262 (versus its face value of $109,052). CityLedger rates the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area comfortably affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Bremerton metro?
- The median home value across the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area is $579,700 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Bremerton metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area is 3.2% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).