City vs city
Seattle vs San Francisco
$100,000 in Seattle buys a lifestyle closer to $124,000 in San Francisco, because San Francisco's cost-of-living index is 178 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
San Francisco
Tech wages are high, but housing absorbs a large share of even six-figure take-home pay.
- COL index
- 178
- Typical 1-bed
- $3,300/mo
- Comfortable salary
- $151,000
- $100k take-home
- $73,957
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