Graph and compare costs
WatchPennies
Enter your salary and household. We’ll estimate what you’d need in your new location, show the % change, and highlight which categories drive it. Create a monthly budget and see your biggest expenses.
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Think through every step
Thinking about moving—or just curious about the cost of living in another state? Enter your salary, choose your current location and destination, and pick a household. WatchPennies estimates the salary needed to keep a similar standard of living and clearly shows how cost of living change. See whether housing or taxes drive the biggest differences, switch household size/type, and view annual equivalents. Use these numbers to budget, revisit job offers, or narrow locations before you relocate.
WatchPennies estimates the total annual costs across housing, food, transportation, healthcare, childcare, other necessities, and taxes.Scale your current salary by the ratio between locations/counties. Results are directional and meant for planning, and thus not financial advice.
Use our budget tool to create a cost and usage template and see which categories you spend the most/least on.
Add Your Details
Pick your current and target county/state.Choose household (e.g., 1 adult · 0 children) . Input your current salary pre-tax.
Stats Breakdown
See a graphical breakdown of core cost component across different locations and the average salary to have the same quality of life as previous location.
Plan Your Move
View location to location equivalents and the top cost movers to focus your search.