[OC] US Cost of Living Tiers (2024)
Graphic/map by me, created with excel and mapchart, all data and methodology from EPI's family budget calculator.
The point of this graphic is to illustrate the RELATIVE cost of living of different areas. People often say they live in a high cost or low cost area, but do they?
The median person lives in an area with a cost of living $102,912 for a family of 4. Consider the median full time worker earns $60,580 - 2 adults working median full time jobs would earn $121,160.
Graphic/map by me, created with excel and mapchart, all data and methodology from EPI's family budget calculator.
The point of this graphic is to illustrate the RELATIVE cost of living of different areas. People often say they live in a high cost or low cost area, but do they?
The median person lives in an area with a cost of living $102,912 for a family of 4. Consider the median full time worker earns $60,580 - 2 adults working median full time jobs would earn $121,160.