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North America
Chicago
IL, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Chicago compare to Atlanta?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Chicago is 12% worse off vs in Atlanta
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Chicago compared to Atlanta, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$93,100
-$620 (-1%) vs Atlanta
Tax Rate: 34%
Weather
How does the weather in Chicago compare to Atlanta?
Atlanta has better overall weather
4.2/10(vs 6.2/10 in Atlanta)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
15°C(vs 22°C in Atlanta)
Average Low
8°C(vs 12°C in Atlanta)
Sunshine Hours
2,508h/yr-230h/yr(-8%)
Average High in hottest month
28°C(vs 31°C in Atlanta)
Average Low in coldest month
-5°C(vs 2°C in Atlanta)
Rainy Days
91/yr-20/yr(-18%)
Muggy Days
42/yr-47/yr(-53%)
Cloud Cover
47%(vs 44% in Atlanta)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Chicago compare to Atlanta?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Chicago compared to Atlanta?
Avg. Property Price
$2,966 / m²
13% more expensive than Atlanta
SWE Affordability
2.5 years
0.3 years longer than Atlanta
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Chicago has around 21 Luma events listed.
That's 133% more events than Atlanta.
Salary Converter
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