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By Wintacus

Paycheck vs Place answers a simple question with public data: after taxes, how much of a real paycheck does rent take in a given city?

Salary sites tell you what a job pays. Rent sites tell you what an apartment costs. We put the two side by side for specific jobs in specific metros, show the math, and link every number to its government source. Every page offers its figures as a CSV.

The site is written and maintained by Wintacus. New job and metro pages are added regularly, and the data is refreshed when the Bureau of Labor Statistics, HUD and the Census Bureau publish new releases.

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