City vs city
Portland vs Oakland
$100,000 in Portland buys a lifestyle closer to $125,000 in Oakland, because Oakland's cost-of-living index is 152 versus 122.
Portland
No sales tax, relatively high income tax, and housing that cooled after the 2021 spike.
- COL index
- 122
- Typical 1-bed
- $1,650/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $104,000
- $100k take-home
- $71,004
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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