Allentown, PA
The rest of the month in Allentown
$3,455 in modelled household costs, against $5,683 take-home. Leftover is $2,228.
Where the money goes
- Taxes$1,837
- Rent$1,441
- Other living costs$2,014
- Left over$2,228
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $90,245
- Federal income tax
- −$11,468
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,904
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,771
- City / county wage tax
- −$902
- Take-home pay
- $68,200
- Effective tax rate
- 24.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,441
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,455
Left over each month
$7,520 gross, minus $1,837 in tax and $3,455 in living costs.
$2,228
Power bill, separately
EIA 2024 residential electricity in PA averages a $161 monthly bill at 900 kWh. The utilities line above already includes power, gas and water as a household bundle — this is the state rate as a cross-check, not an extra cost.
Non-housing lines start from BLS-order-of-magnitude national spending, then scale by this metro's cost index and your household size. Electricity rates are EIA state averages. Not a budget, not advice.