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Family income needed in 56 US cities

San Antonio, TX lands at the bottom of this one with $193K as the needed yearly household income, and the climb from there is steady: New Orleans, LA $198K, Memphis, TN $194K just above it, Houston, TX $205K, Jacksonville, FL $212K, Nashville, TN $213K, Dallas, TX and Orlando, FL tied at $214K, Tulsa, OK $215K, Fort Worth, TX $217K, Baltimore, MD and Richmond, VA $224K, Tampa, FL $227K, Austin, TX $229K, Kansas City, MO and Plano, TX $230K, Miami, FL $231K, Atlanta, GA and Omaha, NE $232K, Durham, NC and Virginia Beach, VA $238K, Pittsburgh, PA and Columbus, OH $239K, Charlotte, NC $241K, Chicago, IL $242K, Phoenix, AZ $246K, Indianapolis, IN $247K, Buffalo, NY $248K, Raleigh, NC $249K, Reno, NV and Boise, ID $251K, Philadelphia, PA $253K, Madison, WI $263K, Tacoma, WA $265K, Riverside, CA and Colorado Springs, CO $271K, Newark, NJ and St. Paul, MN $278K, Sacramento, CA $280K, Los Angeles, CA $281K, Anchorage, AK $285K, Minneapolis, MN $289K, Jersey City, NJ $298K, Denver, CO $304K, San Diego, CA $313K, Portland, OR $314K, Washington, DC $319K, Honolulu, HI $321K, Irvine, CA $327K, Seattle, WA $334K, New York, NY $338K, Arlington, VA $368K, Boston, MA $369K, Oakland, CA $371K, San Jose, CA $403K, San Francisco, CA $408K. SmartAsset ran the math with the MIT Living Wage Calculator, and the range covers what a household of four needs to get by without pinching in 56 major U.S. cities. Read it bottom to top and the jump between tiers is the real story.

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Family income needed in 56 US cities

San Antonio, TX lands at the bottom of this one with $193K as the needed yearly household income, and the climb from there is steady: New Orleans, LA $198K, Memphis, TN $194K just above it, Houston, TX $205K, Jacksonville, FL $212K, Nashville, TN $213K, Dallas, TX and Orlando, FL tied at $214K, Tulsa, OK $215K, Fort Worth, TX $217K, Baltimore, MD and Richmond, VA $224K, Tampa, FL $227K, Austin, TX $229K, Kansas City, MO and Plano, TX $230K, Miami, FL $231K, Atlanta, GA and Omaha, NE $232K, Durham, NC and Virginia Beach, VA $238K, Pittsburgh, PA and Columbus, OH $239K, Charlotte, NC $241K, Chicago, IL $242K, Phoenix, AZ $246K, Indianapolis, IN $247K, Buffalo, NY $248K, Raleigh, NC $249K, Reno, NV and Boise, ID $251K, Philadelphia, PA $253K, Madison, WI $263K, Tacoma, WA $265K, Riverside, CA and Colorado Springs, CO $271K, Newark, NJ and St. Paul, MN $278K, Sacramento, CA $280K, Los Angeles, CA $281K, Anchorage, AK $285K, Minneapolis, MN $289K, Jersey City, NJ $298K, Denver, CO $304K, San Diego, CA $313K, Portland, OR $314K, Washington, DC $319K, Honolulu, HI $321K, Irvine, CA $327K, Seattle, WA $334K, New York, NY $338K, Arlington, VA $368K, Boston, MA $369K, Oakland, CA $371K, San Jose, CA $403K, San Francisco, CA $408K. SmartAsset ran the math with the MIT Living Wage Calculator, and the range covers what a household of four needs to get by without pinching in 56 major U.S. cities. Read it bottom to top and the jump between tiers is the real story.

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