City vs city
Detroit vs San Diego
$100,000 in Detroit buys a lifestyle closer to $162,000 in San Diego, because San Diego's cost-of-living index is 146 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
San Diego
Climate premium is real. Rents rival Los Angeles without the same density of ultra-high salaries.
- COL index
- 146
- Typical 1-bed
- $2,450/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $124,000
- $100k take-home
- $73,957
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