$100k salary, packing up from Lakeland
changea dispatch from
minneapolis
MN
44.98°N
93.27°W
Minneapolis is 22 lakes inside city limits, an extensive skyway system that lets you cross downtown in February without a coat, and a music legacy that runs from Prince to The Replacements. Summer is a glorious lake-jumping, ice-cream-licking festival. Winter is sauna-and-skate season, with rinks on every lake and cross-country trails stitched through the city. Walleye is on every menu.
in our guides
the verdict
more each month than Lakeland ran you
Minneapolis costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,679/mo
8% cheaper than Lakeland(vs $1,834/mo)
7.85%
$654/mo more in state tax than Lakeland
vs 0% in Lakeland
$6,000/mo
$499 less than Lakeland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$398k
32% more expensive than Lakeland
vs $301k in Lakeland
3.7M
vs 818k in Lakeland
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in minneapolis.
Lakeland actually gets more: 206 pleasant days a year. The trade is winter: 84 days below 20°, vs 0 in Lakeland.
13.1× the events of Lakeland, and the calendar shows it.
76/100
58% higher than Lakeland
vs 48/100 in Lakeland
Closest outdoor draw: Fort Snelling State Park, 9.1 mi.
93/100
41% higher than Lakeland
vs 66/100 in Lakeland
130
91% more than Lakeland
vs 68 nonstops in Lakeland
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