#56 of 66 for you
Orlando, FL
No income tax, but a service economy holds wages below the national median.
Left over monthly
$2,179
Versus Chicago
−$201/mo
−$2,412 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$1,410
- Rent$1,502
- Other living costs$2,022
- Left over$2,179
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $85,367
- Federal income tax
- −$10,395
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,531
- State income tax (FL)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $68,442
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,502
- Groceries
- $396
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,524
Left over each month
$7,114 gross, minus $1,410 in tax and $3,524 in living costs.
$2,179
What living here is like
- Weather
- 236 sunny days, 92°F in July, 49°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 28 minutes each way
- Size
- 2.7M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $338,500 — roughly $2,290/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- No state income tax. Sales tax 7.0%, property tax 0.95%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 47
- Sun and mild weather
- 78
- Access to the outdoors
- 68
- City life and culture
- 70
- A short commute
- 50
Chicago vs Orlando, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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