City vs city
Philadelphia vs Los Angeles
$100,000 in Philadelphia buys a lifestyle closer to $135,000 in Los Angeles, because Los Angeles's cost-of-living index is 149 versus 110.
Philadelphia
The wage tax is the paycheck surprise. Housing is cheap for a city this large.
- COL index
- 110
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,650/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $94,000
- $100k take-home
- $72,360
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
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