City vs city
Philadelphia vs Oakland
$100,000 in Philadelphia buys a lifestyle closer to $138,000 in Oakland, because Oakland's cost-of-living index is 152 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
Oakland
A relatively cheaper East Bay alternative to San Francisco, still well above US average costs.
- COL index
- 152
- Typical 1-bed
- $2,300/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $129,000
- $100k take-home
- $73,957
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