#33 of 66 for you
Fayetteville, AR
Ozark trails, corporate headquarters, and a 21-minute commute.
Left over monthly
$2,401
Versus Chicago
+$21/mo
+$252 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$1,644
- Rent$1,144
- Other living costs$1,847
- Left over$2,401
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $84,429
- Federal income tax
- −$10,188
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,459
- State income tax (AR)
- −$3,080
- Take-home pay
- $64,702
- Effective tax rate
- 23.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,144
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,991
Left over each month
$7,036 gross, minus $1,644 in tax and $2,991 in living costs.
$2,401
What living here is like
- Weather
- 213 sunny days, 89°F in July, 27°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 21 minutes each way
- Size
- 590k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $273,400 — roughly $1,777/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Arkansas income tax. Sales tax 9.5%, property tax 0.63%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 56
- Sun and mild weather
- 70
- Access to the outdoors
- 76
- City life and culture
- 46
- A short commute
- 85
Chicago vs Fayetteville, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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