City vs city
Los Angeles vs San Diego
$100,000 in Los Angeles buys a lifestyle closer to $98,000 in San Diego, because San Diego's cost-of-living index is 146 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
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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