#42 of 66 for you
Rochester, NY
The highest effective property tax rate in the country, on very cheap houses.
Left over monthly
$2,511
Versus Chicago
+$131/mo
+$1,572 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$1,889
- Rent$1,229
- Other living costs$1,875
- Left over$2,511
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $90,057
- Federal income tax
- −$11,427
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,889
- State income tax (NY)
- −$4,355
- Take-home pay
- $67,386
- Effective tax rate
- 25.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,229
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $526
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,104
Left over each month
$7,505 gross, minus $1,889 in tax and $3,104 in living costs.
$2,511
What living here is like
- Weather
- 163 sunny days, 81°F in July, 17°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 21 minutes each way
- Size
- 1.1M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $190,100 — roughly $1,516/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- New York income tax. Sales tax 8.5%, property tax 2.40%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 61
- Sun and mild weather
- 43
- Access to the outdoors
- 66
- City life and culture
- 54
- A short commute
- 85
Chicago vs Rochester, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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