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Boise, ID

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Cost of living in Boise: $2,004 leftover

Cost of living in Boise, as leftover, is $2,004 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,383 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.97). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. Boise is a hand-reviewed metro.

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These figures start from one adult in a one-bedroom, on local pay of about $98,500. Change the job, the pay, or how many bedrooms you need, and leftover changes. This is a monthly budget, not a cost-of-living index.

The month, in dollars

Take-home is $5,317 after tax. These lines are the modelled bills, then what is left. The monthly costs page is the same household inside the city hub.

Monthly costs and leftover in Boise
Rent$1,383
Groceries$388
Transport$524
Healthcare$437
Utilities$243
Childcare$0
Everything else$340
Total costs$3,313
Leftover$2,004

Sales tax is about 6.0%. Property tax is modelled at 0.63% of a $434,400 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.97).

Asking rent by bedroom

Turnover asking rent in Boise, not the Census median of occupied stock. Rent versus buying.

  • Studio

    $1,186

  • 1 bedroom

    $1,383

  • 2 bedrooms

    $1,647

  • 3 bedrooms

    $2,158

  • 4 bedrooms

    $2,553

Leftover in other metros nearby

Same household. Each leftover is take-home after that metro's tax minus its rent.

Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. Change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms and the ranking is a different city. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.

Cost of living in Boise

What is the cost of living in Boise?

On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Boise, ID is about $2,004 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,383 for a one-bedroom and $1,647 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.

How does Boise compare with a cost-of-living index?

A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.97). Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Boise is a hand-reviewed metro.

Where is take-home pay in Boise calculated?

The take-home page for Boise splits federal, payroll, state and local wage tax, then subtracts rent. The city paycheck page is the same leftover math with the map.

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