$100k salary, packing up from Trenton
changea dispatch from
louisville
KY
38.25°N
85.76°W
Louisville is bourbon, the Derby, Muhammad Ali, and the Hot Brown sandwich (an open-faced turkey-and-cheese situation invented at the Brown Hotel). Derby week is a citywide event where people dress like they're at a wedding for a horse. The Highlands neighborhood has the best dive bars, the Urban Bourbon Trail downtown takes a full weekend. Pronounce it 'Loo-uh-vul' and you'll fit in.
in our guides
the verdict
under Trenton, every month
Louisville is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,368/mo
46% cheaper than Trenton(vs $2,540/mo)
4.5%
$156/mo less in state tax than Trenton
vs 6.37% in Trenton
$6,590/mo
$1,327 more than Trenton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$282k
38% cheaper than Trenton
vs $456k in Trenton
1.4M
vs 382k in Trenton
field notes, weather & such.
181
pleasant days a year, in louisville.
Trenton only manages 171 of those.
8.4× the events of Trenton, and the calendar shows it.
54/100
24% lower than Trenton
vs 71/100 in Trenton
Closest outdoor draw: Charlestown State Park, 10.6 mi.
94/100
7% higher than Trenton
vs 88/100 in Trenton
22
82% fewer than Trenton
vs 123 nonstops in Trenton
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