City vs city
Chicago vs Denver
$100,000 in Chicago buys a lifestyle closer to $114,000 in Denver, because Denver's cost-of-living index is 126 versus 111.
Chicago
Big-city wages and transit without coastal housing prices. Illinois flat tax plus property taxes matter.
- COL index
- 111
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,850/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $94,000
- $100k take-home
- $74,375
Denver
A magnet for remote workers. Housing is the main cost pressure versus the US average.
- COL index
- 126
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,850/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $107,000
- $100k take-home
- $75,488
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