$100k salary, packing up from Milwaukee
changea dispatch from
oklahoma city
OK
35.47°N
97.52°W
Oklahoma City is Bricktown's canal and warehouses, the Thunder (who get loud), and the deeply moving Oklahoma City National Memorial. The downtown's grown up fast in the last decade, the food scene leans steaks and Vietnamese (the Asian District is legit), and the surrounding plains give the city an enormous sky. The Cowboy Hall of Fame is more thoughtful than the name suggests.
the verdict
less monthly outlay than Milwaukee
The gap is real. Oklahoma City costs noticeably less than Milwaukee, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,376/mo
9% cheaper than Milwaukee(vs $1,504/mo)
4.75%
$127/mo less in state tax than Milwaukee
vs 6.27% in Milwaukee
$6,562/mo
$255 more than Milwaukee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$246k
38% cheaper than Milwaukee
vs $394k in Milwaukee
1.5M
vs 1.6M in Milwaukee
field notes, weather & such.
191
pleasant days a year, in oklahoma city.
Milwaukee keeps to 149 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 26 days top 95° vs Milwaukee's 0.
But the calendar thins out: Milwaukee stays 1.4× busier.
45/100
26% lower than Milwaukee
vs 61/100 in Milwaukee
Closest outdoor draw: Lake Thunderbird State Park, 24 mi.
73/100
26% lower than Milwaukee
vs 98/100 in Milwaukee
20
33% fewer than Milwaukee
vs 30 nonstops in Milwaukee
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