Paycheck Atlas

New Orleans, LA vs St. Louis, MO

Overall prices in St. Louis, MO run 3% higher than in New Orleans, LA. To keep the same lifestyle you would need $103k in St. Louis, MO for every $100k you earn in New Orleans, LA.

Salary in New Orleans, LAEquivalent in St. Louis, MOTake-home in LATake-home in MO
$50,000$51,345$3,405/mo$3,419/mo
$75,000$77,018$4,945/mo$4,949/mo
$100,000$102,690$6,348/mo$6,354/mo
$150,000$154,035$9,108/mo$9,109/mo
$1,217Median rent, New Orleans, LA
$1,113Median rent, St. Louis, MO

Equivalent salary scales by BEA Regional Price Parities (all items). Take-home columns apply each state's tax to the matching salary, so the equivalent salary is not the same as the same take-home.

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