City vs city
Los Angeles vs Irvine
$100,000 in Los Angeles buys a lifestyle closer to $103,000 in Irvine, because Irvine's cost-of-living index is 154 versus 149.
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
Irvine
Master-planned Orange County city with strong schools and correspondingly high housing costs.
- COL index
- 154
- Typical 1-bed
- $2,700/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $131,000
- $100k take-home
- $73,957
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