on $100k a year, leaving Omaha
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 Omaha's monthly cost
Austin gives you room Omaha doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,583/mo
12% more expensive than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)
0%
$487/mo less in state tax than Omaha
vs 5.84% in Omaha
$6,750/mo
$315 more than Omaha
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$433k
42% more expensive than Omaha
vs $306k in Omaha
2.5M
vs 985k in Omaha
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in austin.
Omaha barely cracks 145 pleasant ones. Heat is the cost: 53 days top 95° vs Omaha's 11.
94% more happening than in Omaha.
56/100
6% higher than Omaha
vs 53/100 in Omaha
Closest outdoor draw: Bastrop State Park, 32 mi.
99/100
14% higher than Omaha
vs 87/100 in Omaha
42
121% more than Omaha
vs 19 nonstops in Omaha
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