Cities
The same salary is a different life once tax and rent sit beside it.
Tax is a combined planning load, not your return. Rent is a one-bedroom asking-rent range for orientation. Both exist so the hourly page is not floating in a vacuum.
Kept Hour
| City | Country | Planning tax | 1-bed rent range |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | United States | 30% | $4,200/mo |
| Los Angeles, CA | United States | 28% | $2,800/mo |
| Chicago, IL | United States | 27% | $2,100/mo |
| Houston, TX | United States | 24% | $1,600/mo |
| Phoenix, AZ | United States | 24% | $1,700/mo |
| Philadelphia, PA | United States | 27% | $1,800/mo |
| San Antonio, TX | United States | 24% | $1,400/mo |
| San Diego, CA | United States | 28% | $2,800/mo |
| Dallas, TX | United States | 24% | $1,700/mo |
| Austin, TX | United States | 24% | $1,900/mo |
| San Jose, CA | United States | 29% | $3,200/mo |
| Jacksonville, FL | United States | 23% | $1,500/mo |
| Fort Worth, TX | United States | 24% | $1,500/mo |
| Columbus, OH | United States | 26% | $1,400/mo |
| Charlotte, NC | United States | 25% | $1,600/mo |
| Indianapolis, IN | United States | 25% | $1,300/mo |
| San Francisco, CA | United States | 32% | $3,600/mo |
| Seattle, WA | United States | 26% | $2,400/mo |
| Denver, CO | United States | 26% | $2,000/mo |
| Washington, DC | United States | 30% | $2,600/mo |
| Boston, MA | United States | 28% | $3,000/mo |
| Nashville, TN | United States | 23% | $1,800/mo |
| Detroit, MI | United States | 26% | $1,300/mo |
| Portland, OR | United States | 28% | $1,900/mo |
| Las Vegas, NV | United States | 23% | $1,600/mo |
| Memphis, TN | United States | 24% | $1,200/mo |
| Louisville, KY | United States | 26% | $1,200/mo |
| Baltimore, MD | United States | 28% | $1,700/mo |
| Milwaukee, WI | United States | 26% | $1,300/mo |
| Albuquerque, NM | United States | 25% | $1,300/mo |
| Tucson, AZ | United States | 24% | $1,400/mo |
| Fresno, CA | United States | 27% | $1,600/mo |
| Sacramento, CA | United States | 28% | $2,000/mo |
| Atlanta, GA | United States | 26% | $1,800/mo |
| Miami, FL | United States | 24% | $2,400/mo |
| Raleigh, NC | United States | 25% | $1,600/mo |
| Omaha, NE | United States | 26% | $1,300/mo |
| Minneapolis, MN | United States | 27% | $1,600/mo |
| Cleveland, OH | United States | 26% | $1,200/mo |
| Tampa, FL | United States | 23% | $1,800/mo |
| Remote, United States | United States | 26% | $1,800/mo |
| London, UK | United Kingdom | 32% | $2,200/mo |
| Toronto, Canada | Canada | 30% | $2,200/mo |
| Vancouver, Canada | Canada | 30% | $2,400/mo |
| Sydney, Australia | Australia | 32% | $2,400/mo |
| Melbourne, Australia | Australia | 32% | $2,000/mo |
Currency is shown in USD for comparison. London, Toronto, Vancouver, Sydney, and Melbourne figures are order-of-magnitude USD equivalents, not FX quotes.