See How Far Your Salary Goes in Your Dream City

Updated 6/19/2020

Dreaming of moving to warmer climes or a bigger city? Find out how the cost of living compares in your new locale.

Dreaming about the possibilities of where your career could go can be a pretty fun activity when you've hit a slump at work. So many companies! So many jobs! So many awesome cities where you could start all over!

At The Muse, we daydream quite a bit about all the cities we could see ourselves working in. Los Angeles. Palm Beach. Austin. (At this point, anywhere warm, really.)

So, we've had an especially fun time today playing with this cool tool from CNN Money that shows you the cost of living in other cities, compared to where you currently live.

Try the Calculator Now

Just put in your current city and where you'd like to go, and find out how far your currently salary will go in your dream city (or not—we're looking at you, NYC).

What do you think: Should you be moving to a new city?

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Elliott Bell was formerly The Muse's Director of Marketing. He is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, but opted for startups over 16-hour days as a line cook (for the better hours, of course). Previously, Elliott spent six years making Seamless.com into a nationally known brand, and one month as a culinary assistant on Iron Chef America. When he isn't working, he can be found playing tennis, making chicken stock, or understanding the meaning of rap lyrics on rapgenius.com.