Cost of Living in
United States

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$2149	$5301
Without rent	$946	$3104
Rent & Utilities	$2158.14	$2582.45
Food	$516	$1573
Transport	$134.86	$309.51
Monthly salary after tax	$4440.63
Quality of life	64.88
Population	12.1K

The cost of living in United States is $2149, which is 1 times more expensive than the average in United States. United States ranked 21th most expensive in United States.

The average salary after taxes in United States is $4440.63, which is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months.

United States

We calculate prices for United States State as a population-weighted mean of 348 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$2149	21 / 90
Without rent	$946	67 / 90
Rent & Utilities	$2158.14	91 / 90
Food	$516	15 / 90
Transport	$134.86	84 / 90

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	1615.58$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	1719.47$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	3146.1$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	2464.82$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	83.23$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	134.76$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	58.79$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.94$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	6375$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	6030$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	16.71$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	60.71$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	11.29$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	6.52$
Cappuccino	4.74$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	2.77$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	1.51$
Monthly ticket local transport	63.92$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	19.57$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	1.12$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	0.98$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	3.11$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.52$
Eggs, x12	2.88$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	16.6$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	12.54$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	17.05$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	4.55$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.93$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.8$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.35$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2.91$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.98$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	1.54$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	2.03$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	15.3$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	2.28$
Cigarette pack	9.59$
Cold medicince, 1 week	7.56$
Hair Shampoo	7.51$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	4.78$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	1.75$

Gym Membership, 1 month	50.73$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	14.69$
Doctor's visit	97.88$
Haircut, simple	17.16$
Brand Jeans	37.57$
Brand Sneakers	86.23$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	1482.04$
International Primary School, 1 year	22737$

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Waldorf	$2963
2	Warren	$2960
3	York (United States)	$2947
4	Whitewater	$2923
5	Vermillion	$2920
6	Versailles	$2886
7	Westland	$2878
8	Warwick	$2863
9	Windsor	$2841
10	Westmont	$2830
11	Weymouth	$2810
12	West Perrine	$2793
13	Wright County	$2758
14	Valrico	$2751
15	Waggaman	$2748
16	Yukon (United States)	$2745
17	Villa Rica	$2720
18	West Manchester	$2713
19	Vernon	$2705
20	Venice (United States)	$2685
21	Unity (United States)	$2674
22	West Jordan	$2662
23	Vermont	$2657
24	Wheatfield	$2657
25	Wall	$2647
26	Woodbridge	$2645
27	Travilah	$2634
28	Tucker	$2596
29	Wyandotte	$2555
30	West Earl	$2548
31	Valle Vista	$2545
32	West Melbourne	$2542
33	Wakefield	$2521
34	Vandalia	$2510
35	Watauga	$2508
36	Wadsworth	$2486
37	Vancouver	$2483
38	Uxbridge	$2479
39	Washington	$2471
40	Yorkville	$2467
41	Triangle	$2455
42	Walpole	$2415
43	Wyoming	$2413
44	Villas	$2400
45	Wilton	$2397
46	Winton	$2375
47	Valencia West	$2372
48	West Manheim	$2354
49	Troy	$2341
50	Virginia (United States)	$2338
51	Two Rivers	$2336
52	West Hanover	$2324
53	Union	$2319
54	Whitehall	$2318
55	Wallington	$2296
56	Vestal	$2282
57	Waynesville	$2279
58	Westview	$2275
59	Warren County	$2272
60	Waterloo	$2270
61	Westphalia (United States)	$2270
62	Ulster (United States)	$2253
63	Vermilion	$2252
64	West Point	$2220
65	Upper Peninsula	$2216
66	Vincent	$2214
67	Weston	$2214
68	Upper Leacock	$2211
69	Wheaton	$2186
70	Tulare County	$2171
71	Vineland	$2115
72	Yarmouth	$2103
73	Windham	$2096
74	Yorkshire (United States)	$2095
75	Wasco	$2087
76	Wellesley (United States)	$2064
77	Wabash	$2014
78	Westminster	$2009
79	US Virgin Islands	$1987
80	West Coast	$1976
81	Vienna (United States)	$1961
82	Waterford (United States)	$1886
83	Utah	$1772
84	Wisconsin	$1750
85	Warsaw (United States)	$1726
86	West Virginia	$1434
87	Victoria (United States)	$1343
88	Yauco	$1248
89	Valparaiso (United States)	$1032
90	Worcester (United States)	$519
91	Monaco	$7654
92	Santa Barbara Province	$3469
93	Singapore	$3385
94	Neuchatel	$3164
95	Ile-de-France	$2736
96	Zurich	$2715
97	California	$2710
98	Queretaro	$2187
99	United States	$2149
100	Baden-Wurttemberg	$2044
101	Aland	$2038
102	Ostergotland	$1978
103	Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur	$1921
104	Hoki	$1897
105	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes	$1891
106	Liege	$1878
107	Plzen	$1831
108	South Pyongan	$1816
109	Hokkaido	$1802
110	Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro	$1703
111	Nampo	$1690
112	Jonkoping	$1661
113	Rikuchu	$1633
114	Sancti Spiritus	$1578
115	Caceres	$1564
116	Holguin	$1508
117	Usti nad Labem	$1462
118	Cadiz	$1459
119	Orebro	$1456
120	Kavala	$1444
121	Limon	$1428
122	Al Bahah	$1394
123	Colon (Panama)	$1391
124	Zlin	$1388
125	Vastmanland	$1381
126	Omi	$1355
127	Tacuarembo	$1343
128	Siauliai County	$1329
129	Ahuachapan	$1327
130	Shimosa	$1324
131	Ciego de Avila	$1316
132	Tokai	$1300
133	Xanthi	$1280
134	Dembeni	$1275
135	Panama	$1271
136	Bayamon	$1269
137	Paysandu	$1264
138	Usulutan	$1259
139	Zilina	$1252
140	Hyuga	$1251
141	Guantanamo	$1238
142	Panama	$1234
143	Ioannina	$1231
144	Igdir	$1230
145	Panama Oeste	$1230
146	San-Pedro	$1203
147	Klaipeda	$1201
148	Tillaberi	$1200
149	Etchu	$1194
150	Vlore	$1194
151	Constanta	$1189
152	Kai	$1170
153	Pinar del Rio	$1161
154	Riga Planning Region	$1154
155	Camaguey	$1149
156	San Pedro de Macoris	$1138
157	Lodz	$1132
158	Chania	$1130
159	Causeni	$1128
160	Presov	$1128
161	Calarasi (Moldova)	$1117
162	Kermanshah	$1116
163	Franche-Comte	$1113
164	Yoro	$1112
165	Tekirdag	$1111
166	Zambezia	$1107
167	Bahia	$1102
168	Setubal	$1097
169	Drama	$1085
170	Kastoria	$1081
171	Suo	$1080
172	Balikesir	$1075
173	Thies	$1074
174	Trencin	$1063
175	Serres	$1060
176	Dubasari	$1050
177	Rethymno	$1045
178	Equateur	$1036
179	Espirito Santo	$1034
180	Suchitepequez	$1030
181	Haut-Uele	$1027
182	Gabu	$1019
183	Straseni	$1015
184	Brasov	$1014
185	Goias	$1013
186	Boke	$1007
187	Mexico	$1007
188	Totomi	$995
189	Siauliai	$994
190	Colon (Cuba)	$992
191	Banska Bystrica	$983
192	Panevezys	$969
193	Iasi	$963
194	Sao Paulo	$961
195	Kozuke	$956
196	Klaipeda County	$952
197	Izmir	$949
198	Osumi	$945
199	Kutahya	$934
200	Quilpue	$930
201	Hradec Kralove	$929
202	Kasai	$920
203	Kasai-Oriental	$919
204	Gueckedou	$918
205	Michoacan	$908
206	Eskisehir	$906
207	Extreme-Nord	$900
208	Solola	$897
209	Timis	$890
210	Bafata	$878
211	Kahramanmaras	$878
212	Usak	$877
213	Guatemala	$876
214	Uige	$872
215	Dien Bien	$871
216	Estado de Mexico	$864
217	Yucatan	$864
218	Durres	$856
219	Guaira	$856
220	Municipality of Chisinau	$854
221	Diyarbakir	$850
222	Cotui	$846
223	Ceara	$845
224	Francisco Morazan	$845
225	Botosani	$841
226	Esteli	$838
227	Buzau	$834
228	Botosani	$829
229	Forecariah	$826
230	Kirikkale	$816
231	Maan	$816
232	San Luis Potosi	$814
233	Boyaca	$812
234	Tucuman	$812
235	Caras-Severin	$810
236	Neuquen	$806
237	Bekes	$799
238	Hoki Province	$787
239	Adiyaman	$779
240	Arges	$779
241	Neamt	$777
242	Raska	$771
243	Atlantico	$768
244	Marijampole	$762
245	Para	$756
246	Gyor-Moson-Sopron	$755
247	Ialomita	$751
248	Veszprem	$751
249	Wasit	$751
250	Huila	$747
251	Sirvan	$747
252	Canakkale	$743
253	Aydin	$733
254	Elazig	$730
255	Chisinau	$726
256	Nuevo Leon	$720
257	Shkoder	$718
258	Korce	$710
259	Khuzestan	$708
260	Copiapo	$705
261	Bazega	$694
262	Curico	$692
263	Hamadan	$689
264	Mures	$683
265	Passore	$680
266	Braila	$675
267	Oueme	$671
268	Bistrita-Nasaud	$669
269	Iasi	$668
270	Djibouti	$666
271	Rezekne	$664
272	Laayoune	$660
273	Nghe An	$657
274	Awash	$655
275	Elazig	$650
276	Leon (Nicaragua)	$648
277	Gilan	$644
278	Meknes	$634
279	Mures	$633
280	Khenifra	$631
281	Tuyen Quang	$628
282	Bacau	$624
283	Paraguari	$622
284	Caras-Severin	$620
285	Piaui	$620
286	Binh Phuoc	$612
287	Osh	$608
288	Chuy Province	$607
289	Vinh Long	$607
290	Anse-a-Veau	$604
291	Dambovita	$604
292	Medias	$602
293	Koulpelogo	$595
294	Anosy	$594
295	Rio San Juan	$590
296	Bac Lieu	$587
297	Ninh Thuan	$585
298	Setif	$582
299	Duzce	$573
300	Ain Beida	$572
301	North Ossetia-Alania	$572
302	Agri	$569
303	Maramures	$569
304	Al Mahwit	$568
305	Hau Giang	$567
306	Dak Lak	$566
307	Al Hoceima	$562
308	Nis	$561
309	Sidi Bel Abbes	$553
310	Cadiz	$542
311	Valcea	$542
312	Kelaat Sraghna	$539
313	Bac Giang	$536
314	Soc Trang	$535
315	Miragoane	$533
316	Bechar	$531
317	Menaka	$525
318	Ba Ria-Vung Tau	$522
319	Karbala	$522
320	Lere	$516
321	Stavropol	$514
322	Yen Bai	$513
323	Kirklareli	$512
324	Hajjah	$507
325	Son La	$502
326	San Andres	$500
327	Inezgane-Ait Melloul	$498
328	Sadah	$495
329	Dhaka	$489
330	Sale	$489
331	Corum	$484
332	Concepcion (Paraguay)	$482
333	Binh Dinh	$480
334	Oulmes	$480
335	Caaguazu	$478
336	Arta	$476
337	Dong Nai	$473
338	Lang Son	$470
339	Salar	$470
340	Kenitra	$467
341	Quang Tri	$466
342	Ayni	$465
343	Dong Thap	$463
344	Narino	$462
345	Maharashtra	$461
346	Quang Ninh	$453
347	Nam Dinh	$448
348	Ain Temouchent	$444
349	Thanh Hoa	$444
350	Sanaa	$443
351	MSila	$441
352	Binh Duong	$438
353	Homs	$436
354	Khemisset	$435
355	Medenine	$433
356	Ca Mau	$431
357	Kebili	$431
358	Thua Thien Hue	$431
359	Beni Mellal-Khenifra	$429
360	Ain Defla	$426
361	Mazandaran	$426
362	Binh Thuan	$424
363	Tamba	$423
364	Jaen (Peru)	$422
365	Tetouan	$414
366	Al Bayda	$412
367	Ysyk-Kol	$411
368	Tebessa	$409
369	Bejaia	$405
370	Misratah	$399
371	Baghlan	$398
372	El Kelaa des Sraghna	$398
373	Daharia	$393
374	Al Bayda	$390
375	San Joaquin	$389
376	Tay Ninh	$389
377	Bordj Bou Arreridj	$384
378	Kien Giang	$381
379	Saida	$381
380	Gabes	$377
381	Kosice	$372
382	Sabha	$365
383	Bihar	$363
384	Kien Giang	$363
385	Quang Nam	$363
386	Samana	$360
387	Medea	$333
388	Ben Tre	$324
389	Naama	$302

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