#15 of 66 for you
Tucson, AZ
Phoenix weather and hiking at a serious discount, on lower wages.
Left over monthly
$2,518
Versus Chicago
+$138/mo
+$1,656 a year
Local pay for your job
$83,490
Local wages run -11% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,508
- Rent$1,022
- Other living costs$1,910
- Left over$2,518
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,490
- Federal income tax
- −$9,982
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,387
- State income tax (AZ)
- −$1,722
- Take-home pay
- $65,399
- Effective tax rate
- 21.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,022
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,932
Left over each month
$6,958 gross, minus $1,508 in tax and $2,932 in living costs.
$2,518
What living here is like
- Weather
- 286 sunny days, 100°F in July, 41°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 24 minutes each way
- Size
- 1.1M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $286,900 — roughly $1,860/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Arizona income tax. Sales tax 8.4%, property tax 0.61%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 61
- Sun and mild weather
- 81
- Access to the outdoors
- 84
- City life and culture
- 54
- A short commute
- 70
Chicago vs Tucson, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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