#40 of 66 for you
Tampa, FL
No income tax and beaches, but insurance costs are the hidden line item.
Left over monthly
$2,306
Versus Chicago
−$74/mo
−$888 a year
Local pay for your job
$88,181
Local wages run -6% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,480
- Rent$1,520
- Other living costs$2,042
- Left over$2,306
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $88,181
- Federal income tax
- −$11,014
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,746
- State income tax (FL)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $70,421
- Effective tax rate
- 20.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,520
- Groceries
- $400
- Getting around
- $592
- Healthcare
- $450
- Utilities and internet
- $250
- Everything else
- $350
- Total spending
- $3,562
Left over each month
$7,348 gross, minus $1,480 in tax and $3,562 in living costs.
$2,306
What living here is like
- Weather
- 244 sunny days, 90°F in July, 52°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 27 minutes each way
- Size
- 3.3M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $306,100 — roughly $2,068/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- No state income tax. Sales tax 7.0%, property tax 0.94%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 52
- Sun and mild weather
- 81
- Access to the outdoors
- 72
- City life and culture
- 68
- A short commute
- 55
Chicago vs Tampa, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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