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Cost difference, salary adjustment needed, rent comparison, and financial impact of this move.
Moving to Tacoma is a financial step down — higher costs without proportional income gain.
Tacoma has a cost index of 102 vs 89 for Austin. Tacoma is 13 points more expensive overall. Monthly rent goes from $1,531 to $1,755 (+15%).
If you earn the Austin median of $91,461, you would need approximately $104,820/year in Tacoma to maintain equivalent purchasing power, based on the cost index difference of 13 points (15%).
Median rent in Austin is $1,531/month. In Tacoma it is $1,755/month — a difference of +$224 per month, or $2,688 per year.
Moving to Tacoma is a financial step down — higher costs without proportional income gain. The salary equivalent to maintain your current lifestyle is $104,820/year in Tacoma. The median income there is $83,857.