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North America
Minneapolis
MN, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Minneapolis compare to Phoenix?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Minneapolis is 15% worse off vs in Phoenix
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Minneapolis compared to Phoenix, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$80,262
-$12,618 (-14%) vs Phoenix
Tax Rate: 36%
Weather
How does the weather in Minneapolis compare to Phoenix?
Minneapolis has better overall weather
4.6/10(vs 1.8/10 in Phoenix)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
13°C(vs 30°C in Phoenix)
Average Low
4°C(vs 18°C in Phoenix)
Sunshine Hours
2,711h/yr-1161h/yr(-30%)
Average High in hottest month
28°C(vs 41°C in Phoenix)
Average Low in coldest month
-12°C(vs 8°C in Phoenix)
Rainy Days
74/yr+42/yr(+127%)
Muggy Days
23/yr+8/yr(+47%)
Cloud Cover
47%(vs 27% in Phoenix)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Minneapolis compare to Phoenix?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Minneapolis compared to Phoenix?
SWE Affordability
2.9 years
similar to Phoenix
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Minneapolis has around 0 Luma events listed.
That's 100% fewer events than Phoenix.
Salary Converter
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