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Columbus, OH

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Cost of living in Columbus, OH: $2,644 leftover

Cost of living in Columbus, as leftover, is $2,644 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,176 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs run 7% below the US average. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.50% city wage tax. Columbus is a hand-reviewed metro.

Compare vs ChicagoHow the math works

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 $5,695 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 Columbus
Rent$1,176
Groceries$372
Transport$526
Healthcare$419
Utilities$233
Childcare$0
Everything else$326
Total costs$3,051
Leftover$2,644

Sales tax is about 7.2%. Property tax is modelled at 1.30% of a $274,300 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.93).

Asking rent by bedroom

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

  • Studio

    $1,008

  • 1 bedroom

    $1,176

  • 2 bedrooms

    $1,400

  • 3 bedrooms

    $1,834

  • 4 bedrooms

    $2,170

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 Columbus

What is the cost of living in Columbus?

On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Columbus, OH is about $2,644 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,176 for a one-bedroom and $1,400 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.

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

A price index would say non-housing costs run 7% below the US average. Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Columbus is a hand-reviewed metro.

Where is take-home pay in Columbus calculated?

The take-home page for Columbus 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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