Salary Needed To Live Comfortably in Major U.S. Cities

[OneEyedDiva]

Shown in map form; article starts below the map. I'm surprised that New York City, Jersey City, N.J. and San Francisco aren't higher. It would be interesting to find out what average salaries are in these cities, but I haven't taken time to do that.

"This map shows the income required for a comfortable lifestyle across 56 U.S. cities, factoring in housing, food, transportation, savings, and discretionary spending." https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-salary-needed-to-live-comfortably-in-u-s-cities/

 

[seadoug]

Thanks for sharing. Not surprised about the incomes needed in the Northeast, California or Seattle. No wonder we've seen such an influx in Texas. Imagine someone who is employed by a tech company in Seattle, making their standard salary, working from home and paying for the cost of living in Texas.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Thanks for sharing. Not surprised about the incomes needed in the Northeast, California or Seattle. No wonder we've seen such an influx in Texas. Imagine someone who is employed by a tech company in Seattle, making their standard salary, working from home and paying for the cost of living in Texas.

Yeah if they can work it out like that. Salaries in lower income states are often commensurate with cost of living in those states. One of the reasons my son is not going to move to North Carolina where is wife resides is because he would lose a significant amount of pay even though he would be transferring within the same company. In fact, even if they moved to south Jersey, his salary would be reduced because the division he works for is not available in those locations. So when DIL finishes her courses (being paid for by the state of N.C.) they agreed they'll live up here.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Interesting.

No amount of income is enough without proper management.

"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery." - Charles Dickens