How to compare the cost of living if you're relocating

生活费用比较

When it comes to expenses, where you live can make a big difference. 生活费用各不相同, 有时大大, 由stateHawaii, California and Maryland have some of the highest costs of living in the country. On the flipside, Mississippi, West Virginia and Ohio have relatively low costs of living.

医疗支出不同

医疗保健费用正以惊人的速度增长, 但这些比率也因地区而异. 在2018年至2019年期间， all states saw an increase in health care expenditures ——有些人比其他人多.

The regions that saw the lowest increase in health care costs between 2018 and 2019 were the Great Lakes Region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin) and the New England Region (Connecticut, Maine, 新汉普郡, 罗德岛州和佛蒙特州).

Conversely, the regions that experienced the highest increase in health care costs between 2018 and 2019 were the Far West Region (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington) and the Southwest Region (Arizona, New Mexico, 俄克拉荷马州和德克萨斯州).

住房成本差别很大

无论你是租还是买, the amount you pay each month to keep shelter over your head will be a big part of your budget. 请注意 月租成本, as well as what it costs to heat and cool your home, varies according to your location. Median monthly rent by state in 2019 was highest in California and lowest in West Virginia. 再加上这些成本 每月平均公用事业费用 在夏威夷最高，在新墨西哥州最低.

运输成本也各不相同

Make sure 汽车分期付款, insurance, gasoline and/or monthly public transportation costs are on your radar. You may want to consider alternate methods of transport where gas prices are higher.

记住税收

Your tax burden in your new location may be very different from what you are used to now. Be sure to consider what your entire tax burden will be, 包括收入, property, 销售税和消费税. The state with the highest proportion of income paid as taxes is New York, 比例最低的是阿拉斯加州.