$100k salary, packing up from Little Rock
changea dispatch from
huntsville
AL
34.73°N
86.59°W
Huntsville is Rocket City, with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Saturn V rocket on display at the Space and Rocket Center, and a tech and engineering economy that punches way above the city's size. Cummings Research Park is the second-largest research park in the U.S. The Tennessee River and Monte Sano State Park give it a quiet outdoor side. Affordable and surprisingly smart.
the verdict
more each month than Little Rock ran you
Huntsville costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
14% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)
5%
$50/mo more in state tax than Little Rock
vs 4.4% in Little Rock
$6,543/mo
$215 less than Little Rock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$316k
39% more expensive than Little Rock
vs $228k in Little Rock
527k
vs 765k in Little Rock
field notes, weather & such.
177
pleasant days a year, in huntsville.
Little Rock keeps to 163 pleasant days a year.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 2.5× more on the calendar than Little Rock.
58/100
7% higher than Little Rock
vs 54/100 in Little Rock
Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.
70/100
43% higher than Little Rock
vs 49/100 in Little Rock
9
47% fewer than Little Rock
vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock
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