$100k salary, packing up from Indianapolis
changea dispatch from
baltimore
MD
39.29°N
76.61°W
Baltimore is steamed crabs with Old Bay, the Inner Harbor at golden hour, and row houses with painted screens. Edgar Allan Poe is buried here, John Waters still lives here, and Cal Ripken Jr. is a saint. The seafood is genuinely some of the best on the east coast. The neighborhoods (Fells Point, Hampden, Federal Hill) each feel like their own small town.
the verdict
more each month than Indianapolis ran you
Baltimore costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
24% more expensive than Indianapolis(vs $1,511/mo)
8.2%
$433/mo more in state tax than Indianapolis
vs 3% in Indianapolis
$5,782/mo
$790 less than Indianapolis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
39% more expensive than Indianapolis
vs $296k in Indianapolis
2.8M
vs 2.1M in Indianapolis
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Indianapolis has the edge here, logging 174 pleasant days a year.
A similar weekend lineup to Indianapolis.
66/100
6% higher than Indianapolis
vs 62/100 in Indianapolis
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
1% lower than Indianapolis
vs 99/100 in Indianapolis
72
106% more than Indianapolis
vs 35 nonstops in Indianapolis
neighbors of baltimore on the map of tradeoffs:
