City vs city
Detroit vs Los Angeles
$100,000 in Detroit buys a lifestyle closer to $166,000 in Los Angeles, because Los Angeles's cost-of-living index is 149 versus 90.
Detroit
Low housing costs, city income tax, and a 4.25% state flat tax.
- COL index
- 90
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,200/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $77,000
- $100k take-home
- $72,781
Los Angeles
Large, spread-out, and car-dependent. Housing and insurance push costs well above the US average.
- COL index
- 149
- Typical 1-bed
- $2,550/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $127,000
- $100k take-home
- $73,957
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