#52 of 66 for you
Detroit, MI
Engineering wages against some of the cheapest urban housing in America.
Left over monthly
$2,496
Versus Chicago
+$116/mo
+$1,392 a year
Local pay for your job
$91,933
Local wages run -2% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$2,062
- Rent$1,194
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$2,496
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $91,933
- Federal income tax
- −$11,839
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,033
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,669
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,206
- Take-home pay
- $67,185
- Effective tax rate
- 26.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,194
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,103
Left over each month
$7,661 gross, minus $2,062 in tax and $3,103 in living costs.
$2,496
What living here is like
- Weather
- 174 sunny days, 83°F in July, 19°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 26 minutes each way
- Size
- 4.3M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $237,100 — roughly $1,689/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Michigan income tax, plus a 2.40% city wage tax. Sales tax 6.0%, property tax 1.38%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 60
- Sun and mild weather
- 49
- Access to the outdoors
- 54
- City life and culture
- 66
- A short commute
- 60
Chicago vs Detroit, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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