#46 of 66 for you
Pittsburgh, PA
Real city density and a robotics job market, at Rust Belt prices.
Left over monthly
$2,501
Versus Chicago
+$121/mo
+$1,452 a year
Local pay for your job
$90,057
Local wages run -4% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,982
- Rent$1,191
- Other living costs$1,831
- Left over$2,501
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $90,057
- Federal income tax
- −$11,427
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,889
- State income tax (PA)
- −$2,765
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,702
- Take-home pay
- $66,275
- Effective tax rate
- 26.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,191
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $497
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $3,022
Left over each month
$7,505 gross, minus $1,982 in tax and $3,022 in living costs.
$2,501
What living here is like
- Weather
- 162 sunny days, 83°F in July, 21°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 26 minutes each way
- Size
- 2.4M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $204,500 — roughly $1,496/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Pennsylvania income tax, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. Sales tax 6.3%, property tax 1.61%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 61
- Sun and mild weather
- 47
- Access to the outdoors
- 64
- City life and culture
- 68
- A short commute
- 60
Chicago vs Pittsburgh, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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