Cost of Living
See what your salary is really worth in another city.
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Equivalent salary in San Francisco
$126,316
▲ $46,316 more (57.9% higher cost)
🌊 Miami index
95
🌉 San Francisco index
150
Based on cost-of-living indices (Chicago = 100 baseline). Actual costs may vary.
City Cost Index Comparison
🌉San Francisco
150
⛵Seattle
130
🗽New York
120
🌴Los Angeles
110
🔔Philadelphia
105
🏔Denver
105
🏙Chicago
100
🌊Miami
95
🤠Houston
90
☀️Phoenix
85
What drives the biggest cost differences between cities? Housing. It accounts for 30–40% of most budgets and varies more than any other category — rents in SF can be 3× those in Houston.
Is a higher salary in an expensive city actually worth it? Not always. A $120k salary in San Francisco can leave you with less purchasing power than $80k in Austin once rent and taxes are factored in.