#13 of 66 for you
Albuquerque, NM
High desert, 278 sunny days, and housing that's still cheap.
Left over monthly
$2,368
Versus Chicago
−$12/mo
−$144 a year
Local pay for your job
$84,429
Local wages run -10% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,627
- Rent$1,131
- Other living costs$1,910
- Left over$2,368
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $84,429
- Federal income tax
- −$10,188
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,459
- State income tax (NM)
- −$2,880
- Take-home pay
- $64,902
- Effective tax rate
- 23.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,131
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,041
Left over each month
$7,036 gross, minus $1,627 in tax and $3,041 in living costs.
$2,368
What living here is like
- Weather
- 278 sunny days, 92°F in July, 26°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 23 minutes each way
- Size
- 920k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $263,500 — roughly $1,745/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- New Mexico income tax. Sales tax 7.6%, property tax 0.78%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 55
- Sun and mild weather
- 92
- Access to the outdoors
- 88
- City life and culture
- 54
- A short commute
- 75
Chicago vs Albuquerque, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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