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Living Comfortably In Boston Requires A $125,000 Salary, Study Finds
On the flip side, Houston was the city with the lowest salary needed to live comfortably at just over $75,000 for a single adult.
March 21, 2024
BOSTON - How much money do you need to make in order to live comfortably in Boston? A new study says it's more than all but a few other major cities in the United States.
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The report from SmartAsset looked at 99 of America's largest cities. In Boston, a single adult needs to make $60.08 an hour, or $124,966 a year to "live in sustainable comfort." For two working adults with two children, the total required salary is $319,738.
Boston is one of only six cities where families need to make over $300,000 to comfortably raise kids. The others are San Francisco; San Jose; Arlington, Virginia; New York and Oakland.
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