ALL 50 STATES AND DC

Cost of living by state

Prices, rents, pay, home values and income tax for every state, side by side. Click a column to sort it, or a state for its full page, county by county.

Every state

The numbers, side by side.

Alabama 88.8 61.8 $45,670 $182,928 5%
Alaska 102.4 93.8 $61,000 $388,583 None
Arizona 100.7 106.8 $50,060 $340,858 2.5%
Arkansas 86.9 58.2 $43,630 $166,302 3.7%
California 110.7 154.3 $58,240 $503,136 13.3%
Colorado 103.1 127.4 $59,800 $454,573 4.4%
Connecticut 103.6 117.0 $59,690 $423,066 6.99%
Delaware 99.8 102.0 $52,190 $374,640 6.6%
the District of Columbia 109.9 155.0 $91,540 $577,055 10.75%
Florida 103.4 122.1 $47,880 $310,262 None
Georgia 96.3 88.7 $48,170 $216,778 4.99%
Hawaii 110.0 125.3 $56,320 $924,530 11%
Idaho 95.5 90.0 $47,970 $400,056 5.3%
Illinois 100.0 93.9 $51,960 $160,090 4.95%
Indiana 93.3 73.9 $47,860 $233,695 2.95%
Iowa 87.8 65.3 $48,540 $195,956 3.8%
Kansas 90.1 71.2 $48,010 $152,866 5.58%
Kentucky 90.2 64.3 $46,920 $180,497 3.5%
Louisiana 88.2 63.1 $45,520 $172,110 3%
Maine 97.0 78.9 $51,430 $331,668 7.15%
Maryland 105.0 121.1 $59,510 $424,677 6.5%
Massachusetts 105.8 128.1 $63,590 $694,439 9%
Michigan 96.2 82.3 $49,270 $229,949 4.25%
Minnesota 98.6 91.3 $56,920 $278,266 9.85%
Mississippi 87.0 56.5 $40,120 $150,091 4%
Missouri 90.8 69.9 $47,800 $222,896 4.7%
Montana 94.6 84.6 $48,740 $295,183 5.65%
Nebraska 90.1 75.2 $48,980 $219,812 4.55%
Nevada 100.0 114.1 $47,660 $369,723 None
New Hampshire 104.2 114.9 $55,880 $506,234 None
New Jersey 108.8 134.3 $58,570 $591,891 10.75%
New Mexico 92.2 73.6 $47,210 $224,218 5.9%
New York 107.9 122.2 $59,670 $257,530 10.9%
North Carolina 94.3 81.4 $47,970 $274,147 3.99%
North Dakota 89.0 71.4 $52,480 $197,992 2.5%
Ohio 92.8 73.0 $49,380 $219,608 2.75%
Oklahoma 87.8 62.8 $45,600 $166,021 4.5%
Oregon 103.4 108.6 $57,000 $436,138 9.9%
Pennsylvania 97.6 85.1 $49,690 $230,781 3.07%
Rhode Island 102.3 105.6 $56,780 $655,997 5.99%
South Carolina 93.7 80.5 $46,490 $215,534 5.21%
South Dakota 88.6 67.6 $47,080 $262,556 None
Tennessee 91.9 79.1 $47,380 $257,327 None
Texas 97.1 96.5 $48,620 $213,390 None
Utah 98.9 107.8 $50,110 $454,401 4.45%
Vermont 98.0 86.5 $56,390 $384,068 8.75%
Virginia 101.1 106.8 $55,690 $312,612 5.75%
Washington 107.0 126.0 $62,990 $440,705 None
West Virginia 89.5 54.2 $45,300 $153,847 4.58%
Wisconsin 94.1 79.3 $50,270 $304,403 7.65%
Wyoming 92.7 71.1 $50,270 $328,091 None

Price levels are the Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities for 2024, where the national average is 100. Median pay covers all jobs in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 survey. The typical home is Zillow's value for July 2026 in the state's median county, each county counting once. Tax rates are each state's top rate on wages.

The 100 largest metro areas

Where the cities differ from their states.

Rent is Zillow's figure for each metro area as of July 2026, with its change over the year. Home values and family budgets are for the metro's median county. Click a metro for every county in it.

New York, NY 1 $3,627 +4.5% $672,427 $144,085
Los Angeles, CA 2 $2,944 +1.5% $1,037,937 $155,600
Chicago, IL 3 $2,253 +5.1% $341,837 $117,547
Dallas, TX 4 $1,667 +0.1% $375,371 $113,167
Houston, TX 5 $1,654 0.0% $347,049 $107,355
Washington, DC 6 $2,456 +0.4% $544,161 $134,978
Philadelphia, PA 7 $1,925 +3.4% $387,213 $125,116
Miami, FL 8 $2,677 +1.4% $474,781 $124,867
Atlanta, GA 9 $1,855 +2.1% $339,016 $108,897
Boston, MA 10 $3,165 +2.6% $731,630 $145,200
Phoenix, AZ 11 $1,727 +0.3% $411,926 $117,057
San Francisco, CA 12 $3,372 +9.7% $1,416,641 $220,468
Riverside, CA 13 $2,547 +2.5% $582,093 $125,217
Detroit, MI 14 $1,531 +3.6% $288,379 $101,880
Seattle, WA 15 $2,282 +1.4% $746,872 $144,712
Minneapolis, MN 16 $1,725 +3.5% $394,800 $124,976
San Diego, CA 17 $3,008 +1.8% $934,169 $162,121
Tampa, FL 18 $2,013 −0.5% $352,941 $112,548
Denver, CO 19 $1,930 −0.9% $557,545 $141,671
Baltimore, MD 20 $1,946 +2.5% $498,011 $131,848
St. Louis, MO 21 $1,445 +4.3% $226,277 $98,170
Orlando, FL 22 $1,959 +0.6% $383,629 $115,305
Charlotte, NC 23 $1,756 +0.6% $387,094 $106,787
San Antonio, TX 24 $1,425 −1.8% $329,826 $101,367
Portland, OR 25 $1,810 +0.3% $551,055 $129,273
Sacramento, CA 26 $2,296 +1.7% $641,276 $150,774
Pittsburgh, PA 27 $1,499 +3.4% $216,792 $101,615
Cincinnati, OH 28 $1,552 +2.7% $288,221 $106,084
Austin, TX 29 $1,647 −0.9% $372,221 $114,739
Las Vegas, NV 30 $1,747 +0.2% $429,593 $118,519
Kansas City, MO 31 $1,546 +3.7% $280,485 $100,223
Columbus, OH 32 $1,519 +1.9% $326,112 $105,988
Indianapolis, IN 34 $1,571 +2.7% $317,858 $102,127
Cleveland, OH 35 $1,476 +4.3% $266,024 $112,301
San Jose, CA 36 $3,782 +7.0% $1,186,338 $211,869
Nashville, TN 37 $1,820 +0.6% $400,290 $105,379
Virginia Beach, VA 38 $1,877 +5.9% $387,233 $109,860
Providence, RI 39 $2,180 +3.6% $604,807 $123,842
Jacksonville, FL 40 $1,711 +1.4% $337,847 $112,278
Milwaukee, WI 41 $1,545 +4.7% $472,358 $115,845
Oklahoma City, OK 42 $1,390 +2.4% $255,911 $102,784
Raleigh, NC 43 $1,683 +0.5% $364,221 $104,907
Memphis, TN 44 $1,422 +1.2% $234,446 $96,850
Richmond, VA 45 $1,751 +2.7% $356,196 $110,532
Louisville, KY 46 $1,357 +1.8% $279,139 $101,653
New Orleans, LA 47 $1,604 +1.2% $257,141 $104,360
Salt Lake City, UT 48 $1,647 +0.5% $528,389 $115,788
Hartford, CT 49 $2,020 +2.8% $415,364 $136,160
Buffalo, NY 50 $1,446 +3.3% $279,949 $113,148
Birmingham, AL 51 $1,456 +1.4% $230,482 $99,702
Rochester, NY 52 $1,557 +2.5% $275,880 $120,491
Grand Rapids, MI 53 $1,628 +3.1% $314,557 $97,685
Tucson, AZ 54 $1,483 +1.1% $340,858 $103,680
Honolulu, HI 55 $3,004 +4.6% $854,605 $149,860
Tulsa, OK 56 $1,373 +3.0% $219,715 $100,926
Fresno, CA 57 $2,062 +3.6% $409,814 $108,044
Worcester, MA 58 $2,142 +1.4% $442,448 $133,827
Omaha, NE 59 $1,420 +2.2% $307,171 $108,179
Bridgeport, CT 60 $2,897 +2.6% $698,391 $163,928
Greenville, SC 61 $1,577 +2.3% $301,190 $99,915
Albuquerque, NM 62 $1,511 +1.2% $335,763 $102,753
Bakersfield, CA 63 $1,803 +2.0% $364,981 $99,486
Albany, NY 64 $1,689 +4.5% $332,753 $130,631
Knoxville, TN 65 $1,747 +0.7% $309,005 $94,102
Baton Rouge, LA 66 $1,407 +3.1% $232,521 $100,152
McAllen, TX 67 $1,118 +0.5% $191,513 $83,444
New Haven, CT 68 $2,140 +2.5% $411,328 $144,029
El Paso, TX 69 $1,534 +2.5% $233,326 $85,677
Allentown, PA 70 $1,873 +3.1% $372,869 $114,839
Oxnard, CA 71 $2,964 +1.4% $883,335 $188,150
Columbia, SC 72 $1,562 +1.6% $231,603 $97,474
North Port, FL 73 $2,127 −1.4% $404,726 $114,651
Dayton, OH 74 $1,357 +2.6% $273,072 $101,049
Charleston, SC 75 $2,063 +3.7% $376,003 $118,990
Greensboro, NC 76 $1,400 +2.1% $255,615 $91,316
Stockton, CA 77 $2,467 +1.2% $527,766 $117,079
Cape Coral, FL 78 $1,864 −1.2% $337,352 $112,645
Boise, ID 79 $1,906 +5.5% $485,180 $103,932
Colorado Springs, CO 80 $1,791 +1.5% $467,490 $119,520
Little Rock, AR 81 $1,270 +2.6% $221,744 $95,785
Lakeland, FL 82 $1,847 +1.1% $298,059 $97,768
Akron, OH 83 $1,293 +5.5% $258,268 $107,340
Des Moines, IA 84 $1,311 +2.2% $304,909 $99,026
Springfield, MA 85 $1,918 +3.7% $377,417 $127,214
Poughkeepsie, NY 86 $2,257 +4.4% $488,135 $148,984
Ogden, UT 87 $1,631 +0.8% $512,093 $117,965
Madison, WI 88 $1,649 +2.5% $354,939 $105,710
Winston-Salem, NC 89 $1,557 +2.6% $277,140 $87,839
Deltona, FL 90 $1,783 +0.9% $339,330 $109,781
Syracuse, NY 91 $1,613 +4.2% $265,879 $118,128
Provo, UT 92 $1,823 +2.0% $502,694 $114,415
Toledo, OH 93 $1,294 +5.9% $240,542 $99,179
Wichita, KS 94 $1,214 +4.9% $211,722 $93,088
Durham, NC 95 $1,660 +0.7% $396,360 $109,770
Augusta, GA 96 $1,510 +2.3% $246,685 $91,995
Palm Bay, FL 97 $1,914 +1.0% $344,703 $106,157
Jackson, MS 98 $1,506 +4.0% $131,010 $94,575
Harrisburg, PA 99 $1,482 +3.1% $299,172 $113,752
Spokane, WA 100 $1,552 +2.5% $404,181 $109,132
Scranton, PA 101 $1,333 +3.0% $232,896 $102,777
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