[bartleby913]

Did a search and found this cost of living calculator. You type in how much your making and where you live. and it will compare to the place you wish to go. Kinda thinking about moving to vegas and would like some other folks who have recently moved to fill this out and see how true it is.

Cost of Living - Cost of Living Calculator from CNNMoney

[daveyjones978]

Ok, I'll bite at this.

Keep in mind, I haven't moved to Vegas yet, and the salary that I listed is a rough estimate. I started at my current job part-time and moved up to full time, so I'm basing it if I worked the whole year full time:

Salary in Nassau County NY:
$40,000
Comparable salary in Las Vegas NV:
$29,193.1

If you move from Nassau County NY to Las Vegas NV...
Groceries will cost: 19.594% less
Housing will cost: 40.942% less
Utilities will cost: 14.122% less
Transportation will cost: 5.725% less
Healthcare will cost: 8.933% less

Yeah. Don't know how accurate this is, but if it's even slightly true, that pretty much added another reason.

[guinnessjim]

Originally Posted by bartleby913

Did a search and found this cost of living calculator. You type in how much your making and where you live. and it will compare to the place you wish to go. Kinda thinking about moving to vegas and would like some other folks who have recently moved to fill this out and see how true it is.

Cost of Living - Cost of Living Calculator from CNNMoney

i looked at several of these b4 i moved to LV. the comparative salary calculated using this estimator (using my previous LA salary) is lower than what was calculated by some of the others i used. that being said, using the estimates of those other calculators i thought i would be making an even trade based on COL. i seem to becoming out ahead here, so this might be a more realistic estimate. my advice would be to look at several COL estimators/calculators to get a range....make your choice as informed as possible. GL

[AA702]

This is what I entered.



Salary in San Jose CA:
$100,000
Comparable salary in Las Vegas NV:
$70,132.13

If you move from San Jose CA to Las Vegas NV...

Groceries will cost: 30.895% less
Housing will cost: 48.462% less
Utilities will cost: 9.805% more
Transportation will cost: 5.911% less
Healthcare will cost: 11.96% less

[von949]

I put them in backwards but I get the idea.

Salary in Las Vegas NV:
$40,000
Comparable salary in Salt Lake City UT:
$36,709.86

If you move from Las Vegas NV to Salt Lake City UT...

Groceries will cost: 4.625% more
Housing will cost: 24.264% less
Utilities will cost: 18.97% less
Transportation will cost: 6.339% less
Healthcare will cost: 10.141% less

[olecapt]

Here is the NY Times version...

Nassau County at $40,000

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Las Vegas, NV is 20.2% lower than in Nassau, NY. Therefore, you would have to earn a salary of $31,913 to maintain your current standard of living.



Employers in Las Vegas, NV typically pay 4.2% less than employers in Nassau, NY. Therefore, if you take the same type of job in the same type of company in Las Vegas, NV you are likely to earn $38,324.

From San Jose at 100,000...

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Las Vegas, NV is 23.9% lower than in San Jose, CA. Therefore, you would have to earn a salary of $76,101 to maintain your current standard of living.



Employers in Las Vegas, NV typically pay 12.3% less than employers in San Jose, CA. Therefore, if you take the same type of job in the same type of company in Las Vegas, NV you are likely to earn $87,739.

From....

http://salary.nytimes.com/CostOfLivi...coll_start.asp

[daveyjones978]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Here is the NY Times version...

Nassau County at $40,000

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Las Vegas, NV is 20.2% lower than in Nassau, NY. Therefore, you would have to earn a salary of $31,913 to maintain your current standard of living.

Employers in Las Vegas, NV typically pay 4.2% less than employers in Nassau, NY. Therefore, if you take the same type of job in the same type of company in Las Vegas, NV you are likely to earn $38,324.

thanks, Cap'n! So it seems that although I could maintain myself on 9K less, I'd typically make 2K less.... interesting

[SHEPNYC]

Vegas here I come:


If you move from New York (Manhattan) NY to Las Vegas NV...

Groceries will cost: 31.391% less
Housing will cost: 66.318% less
Utilities will cost: 24.413% less
Transportation will cost: 11.079% less
Healthcare will cost: 18.803% less

[Chest Rockwell]

Don't forget to factor in your gambling losses!

[BobKovacs]

Originally Posted by daveyjones978

thanks, Cap'n! So it seems that although I could maintain myself on 9K less, I'd typically make 2K less.... interesting

Depends on what industry you're in too. While employers "typically" pay X% less in Vegas, there are some positions that pay much less, some that pay more, and some that there's just absolutely no market for. Before you commit to something as major as a cross-country move, make sure your career is a viable one in LV, and try to get some confirmation on actual wages for your position- you may be sadly disappointed if you don't.........