Bankrate's Cost of Living Calculator
Use this calculator to compare the cost of living between U.S. cities.
Select the city you're in and the city you're moving to. Enter your
present income and click Calculate. The income required to maintain your
current standard of living will appear in the box below, along with the
percentage difference between the two cities. The calculation takes into
account dozens of items in six broad categories -- groceries, housing,
utilities, transportation, health care and miscellaneous goods and
services. It does not include the effects of state and local taxes. The
information is updated quarterly.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cost of Living Info and Inflation Calculator
The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. This section of its home page provides detailed CPI information and a handy popup Inflation Calculator that allows you to see what a dollar amount from a given time period is equivalent to in contemporary dollars.
CNN Money's Cost of Living Calculator (How far will my salary go in another city?)
Using data provided by researchers at American Chamber of Commerce Research Association, Inc., CNN Money offers you the ability to compare key expenses in dozens of major cities. Costs include housing, utilities, transportation and health care. This same page offers further links to real estate tools, including How much house can you afford?, a Mortgage payment estimator, and a Renovation wizard.
How Much House Can You Afford?
Bankrate.com offers this handy calculator that takes your income and monthly expense information and plots it against all costs related to buying a house.
Inflation Calculators
This page links to several useful tools that compute such things as the inflation rates of major cities and categories; cost of living comparisons between major U.S. metropolitan areas; inflation rates; and cost of living comparisons for hundreds of U.S. and international cities. From NASA's Cost Estimating Web Site.
International Salary Calculator
Select countries and cities you are moving from / to, and the salary to see it expressed in local currency.
What Are You Worth?
Offers comparative salary ranges for a variety of occupations between cities and zip codes.
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