$100k salary, packing up from Milwaukee
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 Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)
8.2%
$161/mo more in state tax than Milwaukee
vs 6.27% in Milwaukee
$5,782/mo
$525 less than Milwaukee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
4% more expensive than Milwaukee
vs $394k in Milwaukee
2.8M
vs 1.6M in Milwaukee
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Milwaukee keeps to 149 pleasant days a year.
On par with Milwaukee for events and shows.
66/100
8% higher than Milwaukee
vs 61/100 in Milwaukee
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
0% lower than Milwaukee
vs 98/100 in Milwaukee
72
140% more than Milwaukee
vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee
neighbors of baltimore on the map of tradeoffs:
