#50 of 66 for you
Hartford, CT
Insurance-industry wages, cheap houses, and a 1.78% property tax rate.
Left over monthly
$2,408
Versus Chicago
+$28/mo
+$336 a year
Local pay for your job
$97,562
Local wages run 4% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$2,096
- Rent$1,614
- Other living costs$2,012
- Left over$2,408
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,562
- Federal income tax
- −$13,078
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,463
- State income tax (CT)
- −$4,616
- Take-home pay
- $72,405
- Effective tax rate
- 25.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,614
- Groceries
- $412
- Getting around
- $519
- Healthcare
- $464
- Utilities and internet
- $258
- Everything else
- $361
- Total spending
- $3,626
Left over each month
$8,130 gross, minus $2,096 in tax and $3,626 in living costs.
$2,408
What living here is like
- Weather
- 194 sunny days, 85°F in July, 19°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 25 minutes each way
- Size
- 1.2M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $309,300 — roughly $2,306/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Connecticut income tax. Sales tax 6.3%, property tax 1.78%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 56
- Sun and mild weather
- 56
- Access to the outdoors
- 62
- City life and culture
- 58
- A short commute
- 65
Chicago vs Hartford, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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