#45 of 66 for you
Boise, ID
Outdoor access that rivals Denver, on wages that haven't caught up to the home prices.
Left over monthly
$2,026
Versus Chicago
−$354/mo
−$4,248 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$1,719
- Rent$1,361
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$2,026
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $84,429
- Federal income tax
- −$10,188
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,459
- State income tax (ID)
- −$3,977
- Take-home pay
- $63,805
- Effective tax rate
- 24.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,361
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,291
Left over each month
$7,036 gross, minus $1,719 in tax and $3,291 in living costs.
$2,026
What living here is like
- Weather
- 206 sunny days, 91°F in July, 25°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 21 minutes each way
- Size
- 810k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $434,400 — roughly $2,823/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Idaho income tax. Sales tax 6.0%, property tax 0.63%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 40
- Sun and mild weather
- 67
- Access to the outdoors
- 92
- City life and culture
- 58
- A short commute
- 85
Chicago vs Boise, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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