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Denver, CO

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Cost of living in Denver: $2,655 leftover

Cost of living in Denver, as leftover, is $2,655 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,489 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 1.05). Colorado charges a 4.40% flat income tax. Denver 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 $6,217 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 Denver
Rent$1,489
Groceries$420
Transport$551
Healthcare$473
Utilities$263
Childcare$0
Everything else$368
Total costs$3,562
Leftover$2,655

Sales tax is about 7.8%. Property tax is modelled at 0.49% of a $570,300 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (1.05).

Asking rent by bedroom

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

  • Studio

    $1,277

  • 1 bedroom

    $1,489

  • 2 bedrooms

    $1,773

  • 3 bedrooms

    $2,323

  • 4 bedrooms

    $2,748

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 Denver

What is the cost of living in Denver?

On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Denver, CO is about $2,655 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,489 for a one-bedroom and $1,773 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.

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

A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 1.05). Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Denver is a hand-reviewed metro.

Where is take-home pay in Denver calculated?

The take-home page for Denver 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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