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State price levels from BEA (2024). Or enter your own index.
Salary with the same price-level buying power
$79,854
a year, before tax — a price-level comparison, not a budget
Estimate · BEA 2024 price levels
- Difference from your salary
- $9,854
- Destination prices vs current
- 14.1%
- Housing (rents) vs currentBEA housing parity
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How this was calculated
Salary equivalent = your salary × destination index ÷ current index. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities by state, 2024 (updated February 19, 2026). U.S. = 100.
Calculation scenarios.relocation v1.0.0.
How the comparison works
The Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes Regional Price Parities: how expensive goods and services are in each state compared with the national average (U.S. = 100). A state at 110 is about 10% more expensive than average overall; one at 90 is about 10% cheaper.
Salary × destination index ÷ current index = salary with the same price-level buying power
Example: $70,000 in Texas (97.1) → California (110.7) ≈ $79,854.
Price levels by state, 2024
All-items parity, plus housing (rents) and goods. Sorted from most to least expensive overall.
| State | All items 2024 | Housing | Goods | All items 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 110.7 | 154.3 | 106.1 | 112.2 |
| Hawaii | 110.0 | 125.3 | 111.6 | 109.7 |
| District of Columbia | 109.9 | 155.0 | 106.5 | 110.7 |
| New Jersey | 108.8 | 134.3 | 107.1 | 108.9 |
| New York | 107.9 | 122.2 | 107.3 | 107.8 |
| Washington | 107.0 | 126.0 | 104.4 | 108.4 |
| Massachusetts | 105.8 | 128.1 | 98.8 | 107.7 |
| Maryland | 105.0 | 121.1 | 102.5 | 104.6 |
| New Hampshire | 104.2 | 114.9 | 98.6 | 105.4 |
| Connecticut | 103.6 | 117.0 | 97.3 | 104.2 |
| Florida | 103.4 | 122.1 | 98.1 | 103.6 |
| Oregon | 103.4 | 108.6 | 105.3 | 104.8 |
| Colorado | 103.1 | 127.4 | 98.7 | 101.9 |
| Alaska | 102.4 | 93.8 | 106.3 | 103.3 |
| Rhode Island | 102.3 | 105.6 | 97.2 | 102.1 |
| Virginia | 101.1 | 106.8 | 100.4 | 101.3 |
| Arizona | 100.7 | 106.8 | 95.4 | 100.7 |
| Nevada | 100.0 | 114.1 | 96.3 | 97.9 |
| Illinois | 100.0 | 93.9 | 103.8 | 98.8 |
| Delaware | 99.8 | 102.0 | 96.2 | 98.8 |
| Utah | 98.9 | 107.8 | 96.4 | 95.7 |
| Minnesota | 98.6 | 91.3 | 100.5 | 98.3 |
| Vermont | 98.0 | 86.5 | 97.3 | 97.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 97.6 | 85.1 | 99.4 | 97.4 |
| Texas | 97.1 | 96.5 | 98.1 | 97.1 |
| Maine | 97.1 | 78.9 | 97.2 | 98.0 |
| Georgia | 96.3 | 88.7 | 98.9 | 96.5 |
| Michigan | 96.2 | 82.3 | 96.0 | 94.3 |
| Idaho | 95.5 | 90.0 | 96.3 | 92.2 |
| Montana | 94.6 | 84.6 | 96.0 | 91.0 |
| North Carolina | 94.3 | 81.4 | 96.6 | 94.4 |
| Wisconsin | 94.1 | 79.3 | 94.3 | 93.2 |
| South Carolina | 93.7 | 80.5 | 96.3 | 93.5 |
| Indiana | 93.3 | 73.9 | 95.5 | 92.1 |
| Ohio | 92.8 | 73.0 | 93.7 | 91.9 |
| Wyoming | 92.7 | 71.1 | 95.4 | 91.6 |
| New Mexico | 92.2 | 73.6 | 96.1 | 91.0 |
| Tennessee | 91.9 | 79.1 | 96.2 | 92.1 |
| Missouri | 90.8 | 69.9 | 96.3 | 91.1 |
| Kentucky | 90.2 | 64.3 | 96.0 | 89.9 |
| Nebraska | 90.1 | 75.2 | 94.1 | 90.3 |
| Kansas | 90.1 | 71.2 | 94.0 | 89.9 |
| West Virginia | 89.5 | 54.2 | 96.5 | 89.6 |
| North Dakota | 89.0 | 71.4 | 95.7 | 88.2 |
| Alabama | 88.8 | 61.8 | 96.4 | 89.1 |
| South Dakota | 88.6 | 67.6 | 95.5 | 88.1 |
| Louisiana | 88.2 | 63.1 | 93.7 | 88.7 |
| Oklahoma | 87.8 | 62.8 | 93.8 | 88.7 |
| Iowa | 87.8 | 65.3 | 93.7 | 88.8 |
| Mississippi | 87.0 | 56.5 | 96.2 | 86.8 |
| Arkansas | 86.9 | 58.2 | 93.6 | 86.8 |
Limits to keep in mind
- State averages hide big differences between cities and rural areas — housing especially.
- Housing parities reflect rents; buying a home can be very different.
- Taxes aren't included. Use the paycheck calculator for federal estimates.
- For a move, the relocation calculator uses your own monthly budget instead of an index.
Sources
- Regional Price Parities by state (table SARPP), 2024; file SARPP_STATE_2008_2024.csv, SHA-256 38713c6224c4c26a… — U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Accessed 2026-10-09.