#41 of 66 for you
Atlanta, GA
Big-city pay at mid-market housing costs, with a 31-minute average commute.
Left over monthly
$2,496
Versus Chicago
+$116/mo
+$1,392 a year
Local pay for your job
$94,748
Local wages run 1% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$2,000
- Rent$1,399
- Other living costs$2,001
- Left over$2,496
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $94,748
- Federal income tax
- −$12,459
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,248
- State income tax (GA)
- −$4,295
- Take-home pay
- $70,747
- Effective tax rate
- 25.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,399
- Groceries
- $392
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $441
- Utilities and internet
- $245
- Everything else
- $343
- Total spending
- $3,400
Left over each month
$7,896 gross, minus $2,000 in tax and $3,400 in living costs.
$2,496
What living here is like
- Weather
- 217 sunny days, 89°F in July, 34°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 31 minutes each way
- Size
- 6.3M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $335,100 — roughly $2,233/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Georgia income tax. Sales tax 7.4%, property tax 0.83%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 60
- Sun and mild weather
- 71
- Access to the outdoors
- 66
- City life and culture
- 78
- A short commute
- 35
Chicago vs Atlanta, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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