#27 of 66 for you
St. Louis, MO
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
Left over monthly
$2,655
Versus Chicago
+$275/mo
+$3,300 a year
Local pay for your job
$90,995
Local wages run -3% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,904
- Rent$1,144
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$2,655
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $90,995
- Federal income tax
- −$11,633
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,961
- State income tax (MO)
- −$3,350
- City / county wage tax
- −$910
- Take-home pay
- $68,141
- Effective tax rate
- 25.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,144
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $3,023
Left over each month
$7,583 gross, minus $1,904 in tax and $3,023 in living costs.
$2,655
What living here is like
- Weather
- 202 sunny days, 89°F in July, 22°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 25 minutes each way
- Size
- 2.8M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $232,100 — roughly $1,607/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Missouri income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. Sales tax 8.4%, property tax 1.14%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 67
- Sun and mild weather
- 62
- Access to the outdoors
- 56
- City life and culture
- 66
- A short commute
- 65
Chicago vs St. Louis, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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