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This Is The Salary Needed To Live Comfortably In US Cities
This Is The Salary Needed To Live Comfortably In US Cities
How much do you need to earn to live comfortably in a major American city? Increasingly, the answer is a six-figure salary.
This map, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, shows the income required for a comfortable lifestyle across 56 U.S. cities, factoring in housing, food, transportation, savings, and discretionary spending.
The data comes from SmartAsset, using the MIT Living Wage Calculator and updated in February 2026.
The Highest-Cost Cities Now Require Nearly $160K
New York tops the list at $158,954, narrowly ahead of San...
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