#35 of 66 for you
Cleveland, OH
World-class hospitals and an orchestra, at the lowest rents of any large metro.
Left over monthly
$2,658
Versus Chicago
+$278/mo
+$3,336 a year
Local pay for your job
$89,119
Local wages run -5% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,833
- Rent$1,100
- Other living costs$1,835
- Left over$2,658
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $89,119
- Federal income tax
- −$11,220
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,818
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,734
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,228
- Take-home pay
- $67,119
- Effective tax rate
- 24.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,100
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $515
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,935
Left over each month
$7,427 gross, minus $1,833 in tax and $2,935 in living costs.
$2,658
What living here is like
- Weather
- 166 sunny days, 82°F in July, 21°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 24 minutes each way
- Size
- 2.2M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $201,000 — roughly $1,494/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Ohio income tax, plus a 2.50% city wage tax. Sales tax 7.2%, property tax 1.75%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 67
- Sun and mild weather
- 48
- Access to the outdoors
- 58
- City life and culture
- 64
- A short commute
- 70
Chicago vs Cleveland, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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