City vs city
Seattle vs Los Angeles
$100,000 in Seattle buys a lifestyle closer to $103,000 in Los Angeles, because Los Angeles's cost-of-living index is 149 versus 144.
Seattle
No state income tax, high wages, and high housing. Take-home stretches further than in California at the same salary.
- COL index
- 144
- Typical 1-bed
- $2,300/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $122,000
- $100k take-home
- $79,180
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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