#47 of 66 for you
Greenville, SC
Blue Ridge foothills, a walkable downtown, and a 0.57% property tax.
Left over monthly
$2,280
Versus Chicago
−$100/mo
−$1,200 a year
Local pay for your job
$85,367
Local wages run -9% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,720
- Rent$1,205
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$2,280
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $85,367
- Federal income tax
- −$10,395
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,531
- State income tax (SC)
- −$3,710
- Take-home pay
- $64,731
- Effective tax rate
- 24.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,205
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,114
Left over each month
$7,114 gross, minus $1,720 in tax and $3,114 in living costs.
$2,280
What living here is like
- Weather
- 216 sunny days, 89°F in July, 31°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 24 minutes each way
- Size
- 950k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $242,700 — roughly $1,565/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- South Carolina income tax. Sales tax 7.5%, property tax 0.57%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 51
- Sun and mild weather
- 71
- Access to the outdoors
- 74
- City life and culture
- 52
- A short commute
- 70
Chicago vs Greenville, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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