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80 metros

What a salary is worth in your city

Cost-of-living index is relative to a US average of 100. The comfortable-salary column is a single-earner budget of $85,000 scaled by local prices — not a household median.

CityCOL index1-bed rentComfortable salary
Honolulu, Hawaii179$2,200$152,000
San Francisco, California178$3,300$151,000
San Jose, California172$2,900$146,000
New York City, New York168$3,900$143,000
Cambridge, Massachusetts158$3,100$134,000
Bethesda, Maryland156$2,400$133,000
Arlington, Virginia155$2,400$132,000
Irvine, California154$2,700$131,000
Oakland, California152$2,300$129,000
Washington, DC, District of Columbia152$2,500$129,000
Boston, Massachusetts151$2,900$128,000
Los Angeles, California149$2,550$127,000
Boulder, Colorado148$2,100$126,000
Alexandria, Virginia148$2,200$126,000
Jersey City, New Jersey148$2,800$126,000
San Diego, California146$2,450$124,000
Seattle, Washington144$2,300$122,000
Stamford, Connecticut142$2,400$121,000
Miami, Florida138$2,500$117,000
Fort Lauderdale, Florida128$2,100$109,000
Denver, Colorado126$1,850$107,000
Anchorage, Alaska124$1,400$105,000
Scottsdale, Arizona124$1,850$105,000
Portland, Oregon122$1,650$104,000
Austin, Texas119$1,650$101,000
Sacramento, California118$1,750$100,000
Ann Arbor, Michigan118$1,650$100,000
Newark, New Jersey118$1,800$100,000
Salt Lake City, Utah114$1,500$97,000
Providence, Rhode Island114$1,750$97,000
Plano, Texas112$1,600$95,000
Tampa, Florida112$1,750$95,000
Nashville, Tennessee112$1,750$95,000
Reno, Nevada112$1,500$95,000
Santa Fe, New Mexico112$1,550$95,000
Chicago, Illinois111$1,850$94,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania110$1,650$94,000
Phoenix, Arizona110$1,550$94,000
Minneapolis, Minnesota110$1,500$94,000
Charleston, South Carolina110$1,750$94,000
Baltimore, Maryland108$1,500$92,000
Orlando, Florida108$1,650$92,000
Atlanta, Georgia108$1,650$92,000
Las Vegas, Nevada108$1,450$92,000
Boise, Idaho108$1,450$92,000
Madison, Wisconsin108$1,450$92,000
Hartford, Connecticut108$1,500$92,000
Raleigh, North Carolina106$1,500$90,000
St. Paul, Minnesota106$1,350$90,000
Virginia Beach, Virginia106$1,550$90,000
Dallas, Texas104$1,500$88,000
Charlotte, North Carolina104$1,550$88,000
Richmond, Virginia104$1,450$88,000
Durham, North Carolina103$1,450$88,000
Albany, New York102$1,350$87,000
Spokane, Washington102$1,300$87,000
Fort Worth, Texas99$1,350$84,000
New Orleans, Louisiana99$1,400$84,000
Savannah, Georgia99$1,500$84,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania98$1,350$83,000
Jacksonville, Florida97$1,400$82,000
Milwaukee, Wisconsin97$1,250$82,000
Columbus, Ohio97$1,300$82,000
Houston, Texas96$1,350$82,000
Tucson, Arizona96$1,150$82,000
Huntsville, Alabama96$1,250$82,000
Omaha, Nebraska94$1,150$80,000
Albuquerque, New Mexico94$1,200$80,000
San Antonio, Texas93$1,250$79,000
Cincinnati, Ohio93$1,200$79,000
Kansas City, Missouri93$1,250$79,000
Lexington, Kentucky93$1,200$79,000
Rochester, New York93$1,150$79,000
Indianapolis, Indiana92$1,250$78,000
Des Moines, Iowa92$1,100$78,000
Buffalo, New York92$1,100$78,000
Knoxville, Tennessee91$1,250$77,000
Louisville, Kentucky91$1,150$77,000
Sioux Falls, South Dakota91$1,050$77,000
Detroit, Michigan90$1,200$77,000
Cleveland, Ohio90$1,100$77,000
St. Louis, Missouri90$1,150$77,000
Fargo, North Dakota90$950$77,000
Memphis, Tennessee88$1,100$75,000
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma88$1,050$75,000
Birmingham, Alabama88$1,100$75,000
Little Rock, Arkansas87$1,000$74,000
Tulsa, Oklahoma86$980$73,000
El Paso, Texas85$1,000$72,000
Jackson, Mississippi82$950$70,000