$100k salary, packing up from San Luis Obispo
changea dispatch from
wichita
KS
37.69°N
97.34°W
Wichita is the Air Capital of the World, with Cessna, Beechcraft, and major Spirit AeroSystems facilities all here. The Arkansas River runs through downtown, and the Old Town district has brick streets, breweries, and the kind of friendly Kansas pace that makes the rest of the country envious. The flatness is real, and the sunsets are enormous because of it.
in our guides
the verdict
below San Luis Obispo's monthly cost
Wichita is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,173/mo
62% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
5.7%
$300/mo less in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$6,685/mo
$2,222 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$221k
76% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
653k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in wichita.
San Luis Obispo actually gets more: 303 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 30 days top 95° vs San Luis Obispo's 14.
1.8× the events of San Luis Obispo, and the calendar shows it.
52/100
24% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: El Dorado State Park, 33 mi.
69/100
30% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
11
267% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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