$100k salary, packing up from Cleveland
changea dispatch from
austin
TX
30.27°N
97.74°W
Austin runs on breakfast tacos, live music, and a stubborn streak of weirdness that the tech boom hasn't fully smoothed over. The east side reinvents itself every few years and still has the vinyl shops, vintage western wear, and honky-tonks to prove it. Barton Springs holds 68°F year-round and locals plan their summers around it. There's a swimming hole, a taco truck, or a guitar within five blocks of wherever you're standing.
in our guides
the verdict
below Cleveland's monthly cost
Cost barely budges between Austin and Cleveland. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$1,583/mo
12% more expensive than Cleveland(vs $1,419/mo)
0%
$332/mo less in state tax than Cleveland
vs 3.99% in Cleveland
$6,750/mo
$168 more than Cleveland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$433k
72% more expensive than Cleveland
vs $252k in Cleveland
2.5M
vs 2.2M in Cleveland
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in austin.
Cleveland barely cracks 159 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 53 days top 95° vs Cleveland's 0.
36% more happening than in Cleveland.
56/100
11% lower than Cleveland
vs 63/100 in Cleveland
Closest outdoor draw: Bastrop State Park, 32 mi.
99/100
3% higher than Cleveland
vs 96/100 in Cleveland
42
25% fewer than Cleveland
vs 56 nonstops in Cleveland
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