City vs city
Philadelphia vs Raleigh
$100,000 in Philadelphia buys a lifestyle closer to $96,000 in Raleigh, because Raleigh's cost-of-living index is 106 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
Raleigh
Research Triangle wages plus a flat state tax and growing housing costs.
- COL index
- 106
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,500/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $90,000
- $100k take-home
- $75,699
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