183 cities · every 250k+ metro · public data
The same salary buys a different life in every city.
Enter yours and see where it goes furthest. We work out take-home pay, rent, and everyday costs in every U.S. metro, then score each one 0–100 against what you care about.
We'll estimate your after-tax take-home in each city.
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- 183
- cities scored
- 10
- federal agencies feeding the model
- 6
- factors you weight yourself
- 0
- cities that pay to rank
From the dataset
Every city gets a report card.
These three are live from our database, priced by the same engine that will price your search.
Midwest
Wichita, KS
- Typical rent
- $1,099/mo
- All-in monthly cost
- $3,427/mo
- Comfortable on
- $63,000/yr
South
Laredo, TX
- Typical rent
- $1,161/mo
- All-in monthly cost
- $3,617/mo
- Comfortable on
- $62,500/yr
Northeast
Pittsburgh, PA
- Typical rent
- $1,299/mo
- All-in monthly cost
- $3,784/mo
- Comfortable on
- $71,500/yr
Single-person figures. A search re-prices every line for your income and household.
How it works
Three steps. No account required.
- 01
Start from your income
One number is enough. We estimate federal, state, and local taxes to get your real take-home in every city, because a raise in name only is not a raise.
- 02
Say what matters
Six weights, set by you. A sun-chaser and a saver get different maps from the same data, and neither gets a generic top-ten list.
- 03
Compare the shortlist
Open full report cards, put two cities head to head, or check the salary a comfortable life takes in each place on your list.
The scoring model
Six factors, weighted by you.
Affordability
How comfortably your monthly budget covers rent plus everyday essentials.
Housing
How reachable local home prices and rents are relative to local incomes.
Jobs
Unemployment rate and recent job growth in the local labor market.
Safety
Reported violent and property crime rates per 100k residents.
Climate
How closely the local climate matches the weather you asked for.
Amenities
Density of restaurants, arts, and recreation, plus big-city depth.
The full model is public: every source, every formula, and every known limitation. How scoring works
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Region guides
Report cards
See all 183 on the map →Public data. Published method. Nobody pays to rank.
Every figure traces to a federal source, the model is documented end to end, and any city page prints as a clean relocation report you can hand to whoever you are convincing.