$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis
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 St. Louis ran you
Hagerstown costs more than St. Louis, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,587/mo
12% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
8.2%
$292/mo more in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,063/mo
$468 less than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$321k
16% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
305k
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
160
pleasant days a year, in hagerstown.
St. Louis gets 174 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
Lighter on events: St. Louis packs 4.4× more into a month.
56/100
18% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Appalachian Trail Corridor, 54.3 mi.
88/100
1% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
2
97% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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