Lawyer earning $163,000 in Midland, TX. One adult, renting a 1-bedroom. You keep $7,022 a month today.
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No state income tax and high wages, offset by home prices and 150 sunny days.
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$7,356
+$334 vs today
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,516 and 263 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
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$7,022
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$6,300
−$722 vs today
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$6,603
−$419 vs today
Recession-resistant government and consulting pay, humid summers, real transit.
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$6,502
−$520 vs today
State income tax topping out at 5.75%, a median 2-bedroom estimated asking rent of $1,896 and 216 sunny days; commutes average 35 minutes.
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$6,842
−$180 vs today
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
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$6,524
−$498 vs today
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$6,409
−$613 vs today
State income tax topping out at 2.5%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,298 and 196 sunny days; commutes average 18 minutes.
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$6,604
−$418 vs today
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $2,139 and 187 sunny days; commutes average 27 minutes.
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$6,346
−$676 vs today
Mountains in an hour, 245 sunny days, and a flat 4.4% state tax.
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$5,920
−$1,102 vs today
The highest salaries in the country, almost entirely cancelled out by the highest rents.
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$5,922
−$1,100 vs today
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,398 and 269 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
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$6,347
−$675 vs today
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
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$5,877
−$1,145 vs today
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,919 and 154 sunny days; commutes average 30 minutes.
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$6,334
−$688 vs today
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,531 and 245 sunny days; commutes average 26 minutes.
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$5,850
−$1,172 vs today
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,219 and 253 sunny days; commutes average 18 minutes.
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$6,294
−$728 vs today
State income tax topping out at 2.5%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,132 and 202 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
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$6,499
−$523 vs today
Research Triangle salaries, low taxes, and not much to do downtown.
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$5,882
−$1,140 vs today
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
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$5,917
−$1,105 vs today
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