$100k salary, packing up from Sacramento
changea dispatch from
kansas city
MO
39.10°N
94.58°W
Kansas City is barbecue (burnt ends are a local invention), jazz (the 18th and Vine district fed Charlie Parker and Count Basie), and fountains everywhere you turn. The city straddles two states and doesn't make a big deal out of it. The Plaza shopping district looks like Seville, which is delightfully odd for the Midwest. Friendly here means genuinely friendly.
the verdict
below Sacramento's monthly cost
Kansas City is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,502/mo
33% cheaper than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)
4.7%
$383/mo less in state tax than Sacramento
vs 9.3% in Sacramento
$6,440/mo
$1,108 more than Sacramento
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$326k
45% cheaper than Sacramento
vs $589k in Sacramento
2.2M
vs 2.4M in Sacramento
field notes, weather & such.
170
pleasant days a year, in kansas city.
Sacramento has the edge here, logging 211 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 26 days below 20° vs Sacramento's 0.
On par with Sacramento for events and shows.
56/100
25% lower than Sacramento
vs 75/100 in Sacramento
Closest outdoor draw: Perry State Park, 48.7 mi.
94/100
4% lower than Sacramento
vs 98/100 in Sacramento
43
54% more than Sacramento
vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento
cities that play in kansas city's register:
