#23 of 66 for you
Spokane, WA
No income tax, real seasons, and Seattle's outdoors without Seattle's rent.
Left over monthly
$2,582
Versus Chicago
+$202/mo
+$2,424 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$1,206
- Other living costs$1,915
- Left over$2,582
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $85,367
- Federal income tax
- −$10,395
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,531
- State income tax (WA)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $68,442
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,206
- Groceries
- $380
- Getting around
- $538
- Healthcare
- $428
- Utilities and internet
- $238
- Everything else
- $333
- Total spending
- $3,121
Left over each month
$7,114 gross, minus $1,410 in tax and $3,121 in living costs.
$2,582
What living here is like
- Weather
- 171 sunny days, 84°F in July, 25°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 22 minutes each way
- Size
- 590k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $365,700 — roughly $2,446/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- No state income tax. Sales tax 9.4%, property tax 0.86%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 64
- Sun and mild weather
- 55
- Access to the outdoors
- 86
- City life and culture
- 50
- A short commute
- 80
Chicago vs Spokane, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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