Cost of living calculator
Salary you need in the new city
- Change vs today
- +13.2%
- Housing difference / year
- $7,200
- Other costs difference / year
- $2,700
- Housing difference / month
- $600
- Salary you need in the new city
- $84,900
Housing is priced from your own numbers. Everything else — food, transport, childcare, tax differences — is applied as one percentage to the share of pay a typical household spends on those categories.
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The short answer
Enter your salary, your housing cost now and in the city you are considering, and how much more or less everything else costs there. The calculator returns the salary you would need to hold your standard of living steady.
Housing is the number that moves
Between two cities, rent or mortgage is almost always the dominant difference. Groceries and fuel vary by a handful of percent; housing can vary by double.
Costs the headline number hides
State and local income tax, which can shift take-home pay by several percent.
Commuting: a second car, tolls or a transit pass.
Childcare, which varies more between metros than almost any other category.
Insurance premiums, which are priced by location.
The formula
Needed salary = salary + (new housing - old housing) x 12 + non-housing spend x other-cost difference.
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