City vs city
Boston vs Raleigh
$100,000 in Boston buys a lifestyle closer to $70,000 in Raleigh, because Raleigh's cost-of-living index is 106 versus 151.
Boston
Education, hospitals, and biotech keep wages and rents high.
- COL index
- 151
- Typical 1-bed
- $2,900/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $128,000
- $100k take-home
- $74,400
Raleigh
Research Triangle wages plus a flat state tax and growing housing costs.
- COL index
- 106
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,500/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $90,000
- $100k take-home
- $75,699
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