City vs city
Los Angeles vs Las Vegas
$100,000 in Los Angeles buys a lifestyle closer to $72,000 in Las Vegas, because Las Vegas's cost-of-living index is 108 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
Las Vegas
No state income tax. Hospitality wages and heat are the tradeoff.
- COL index
- 108
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,450/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $92,000
- $100k take-home
- $79,180
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