$100k salary, packing up from Sacramento
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
under Sacramento, every month
Baltimore gives you room Sacramento doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,868/mo
16% cheaper than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)
8.2%
$92/mo less in state tax than Sacramento
vs 9.3% in Sacramento
$5,782/mo
$450 more than Sacramento
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$412k
30% cheaper than Sacramento
vs $589k in Sacramento
2.8M
vs 2.4M in Sacramento
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in baltimore.
Sacramento gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
Things to do run about even with Sacramento.
66/100
12% lower than Sacramento
vs 75/100 in Sacramento
Closest outdoor draw: George Washington Memorial Parkway, 39.9 mi.
98/100
0% lower than Sacramento
vs 98/100 in Sacramento
72
157% more than Sacramento
vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento
neighbors of baltimore on the map of tradeoffs:
