#8 of 66 for you
Huntsville, AL
Aerospace and defense engineering salaries against Alabama's cost of living.
Left over monthly
$2,833
Versus Chicago
+$453/mo
+$5,436 a year
Local pay for your job
$92,871
Local wages run -1% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,967
- Rent$1,046
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$2,833
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $92,871
- Federal income tax
- −$12,046
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,105
- State income tax (AL)
- −$4,454
- Take-home pay
- $69,267
- Effective tax rate
- 25.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,046
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,939
Left over each month
$7,739 gross, minus $1,967 in tax and $2,939 in living costs.
$2,833
What living here is like
- Weather
- 214 sunny days, 90°F in July, 31°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 23 minutes each way
- Size
- 520k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $265,000 — roughly $1,676/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Alabama income tax. Sales tax 9.3%, property tax 0.42%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 75
- Sun and mild weather
- 70
- Access to the outdoors
- 66
- City life and culture
- 46
- A short commute
- 75
Chicago vs Huntsville, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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