City vs city
Detroit vs San Francisco
$100,000 in Detroit buys a lifestyle closer to $198,000 in San Francisco, because San Francisco's cost-of-living index is 178 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 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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