City vs city
Dallas vs San Francisco
$100,000 in Dallas buys a lifestyle closer to $171,000 in San Francisco, because San Francisco's cost-of-living index is 178 versus 104.
Dallas
Broad job market, no state income tax, and housing that is still cheaper than the coasts.
- COL index
- 104
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,500/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $88,000
- $100k take-home
- $79,180
San Francisco
Tech wages are high, but housing absorbs a large share of even six-figure take-home pay.
- COL index
- 178
- Typical 1-bed
- $3,300/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $151,000
- $100k take-home
- $73,957
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