City vs city
Los Angeles vs Phoenix
$100,000 in Los Angeles buys a lifestyle closer to $74,000 in Phoenix, because Phoenix's cost-of-living index is 110 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
Phoenix
Sun Belt growth, a 2.5% flat state tax, and summers that drive up power bills.
- COL index
- 110
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,550/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $94,000
- $100k take-home
- $76,889
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