#51 of 66 for you
Baltimore, MD
DC salaries within commuting distance, at Baltimore prices.
Left over monthly
$2,412
Versus Chicago
+$32/mo
+$384 a year
Local pay for your job
$99,438
Local wages run 6% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$2,402
- Rent$1,511
- Other living costs$1,961
- Left over$2,412
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $99,438
- Federal income tax
- −$13,490
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,607
- State income tax (MD)
- −$4,550
- City / county wage tax
- −$3,182
- Take-home pay
- $70,609
- Effective tax rate
- 29.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,511
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $482
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $3,472
Left over each month
$8,287 gross, minus $2,402 in tax and $3,472 in living costs.
$2,412
What living here is like
- Weather
- 213 sunny days, 88°F in July, 25°F January nights
- Getting around
- One car for the household is workable
- Average commute
- 31 minutes each way
- Size
- 2.8M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $373,300 — roughly $2,578/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Maryland income tax, plus a 3.20% city wage tax. Sales tax 6.0%, property tax 1.12%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 57
- Sun and mild weather
- 69
- Access to the outdoors
- 64
- City life and culture
- 72
- A short commute
- 35
Chicago vs Baltimore, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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