$100k salary, packing up from Springfield
changea dispatch from
hagerstown
MD
39.64°N
77.72°W
Hagerstown is the Hub City of western Maryland, where rail lines and highways converge in the Cumberland Valley. The downtown has a small but charming historic core. Antietam Battlefield is 30 minutes south, with some of the most affecting Civil War landscape in the country. The Appalachian Trail crosses just to the west. Quiet, with serious history nearby.
the verdict
more each month than Springfield ran you
You'd pay for Hagerstown. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,587/mo
27% more expensive than Springfield(vs $1,249/mo)
8.2%
$292/mo more in state tax than Springfield
vs 4.7% in Springfield
$6,063/mo
$630 less than Springfield
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$321k
20% more expensive than Springfield
vs $268k in Springfield
305k
vs 491k in Springfield
field notes, weather & such.
160
pleasant days a year, in hagerstown.
Springfield actually gets more: 170 pleasant days a year.
About as much going on as in Springfield.
56/100
12% higher than Springfield
vs 50/100 in Springfield
Closest outdoor draw: Appalachian Trail Corridor, 54.3 mi.
88/100
1% lower than Springfield
vs 89/100 in Springfield
2
78% fewer than Springfield
vs 9 nonstops in Springfield
neighbors of hagerstown on the map of tradeoffs:
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