This map shows what $100 dollars is really worth in your state

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This map shows what $100 is really worth in your state
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Elena Holodny 22 hours ago


Your dollars go further in some states than others.

The Tax Foundation released a mapshowing the relative value of $100 in every state compared with the national average using the data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

In expensive states like New York, you can afford comparatively less than average; in less expensive states like Mississippi, you can buy relatively more.


"Regional price differences are strikingly large; real purchasing power is 36 percent greater in Mississippi than it is in the District of Columbia," the Tax Foundation wrote.

"In other words, by this measure, if you have $50,000 in after-tax income in Mississippi, you would have to have after-tax earnings of $68,000 in the District of Columbia .

Here's the map:

(Tax Foundation)

The states with the largest relative value of $100 were:

• Mississippi ($115.34)
• Arkansas ($114.29)
• Alabama ($113.90)
• South Dakota ($113.64)
• West Virginia ($112.49)

The states with the smallest relative value of $100 were:

• District of Columbia ($84.67)
• Hawaii ($85.62)
• New York ($86.43)
• New Jersey ($87.34)
• California ($88.97)

By only considering goods and not services or housing --- that's just the BEGINNING of what a dollar is worth in the various states. It's probably in the order of 40 or 50% disparity in purchasing power..

 

[RodISHI]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

The only way a dollar is ever going to be worth more in California than Mississippi is if the latter became one of the country's great economies. It's not, it's not even close.

Vote republican...

No woman in her right mind, especially one of child-bearing age, should vote Republican. The Republicans want us barefoot and back in the kitchen and pregnant. They don't care if there is no way or means to take care of an unwanted child.

Maybe create spay clinics for those who do not want children. It really would be much more feasible in the long term.

 

[Old Rocks]

And for 11 of the last 12 years my income has been over $100K. In Oregon, as a millwright in a steel mill.

Yes, a rural versus urban map would be better. In all the states the rural economy is sliding, while the urban is expanding. A trend that has been in place since 1900.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

I'd say it's pretty good. Don't you know how the free market works? Things are cheaper in places where people have less money. Things are more expensive in places where people have more money. It's not a very difficult concept.

Because population size has nothing to do with it right?

Stupid simpleton

I can go to southeast D.C., with a huge population, and get a basket of chicken for $4. Then I can go to McLean, VA, with a smaller, more spaced out population, and it would be a miracle to find the same dish for under $10.

Do you know why?

 

[hazlnut]

This map shows what $100 is really worth in your state
Business Insider
Elena Holodny 22 hours ago


Your dollars go further in some states than others.

The Tax Foundation released a mapshowing the relative value of $100 in every state compared with the national average using the data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

In expensive states like New York, you can afford comparatively less than average; in less expensive states like Mississippi, you can buy relatively more.


"Regional price differences are strikingly large; real purchasing power is 36 percent greater in Mississippi than it is in the District of Columbia," the Tax Foundation wrote.

"In other words, by this measure, if you have $50,000 in after-tax income in Mississippi, you would have to have after-tax earnings of $68,000 in the District of Columbia .

Here's the map:

(Tax Foundation)

The states with the largest relative value of $100 were:

• Mississippi ($115.34)
• Arkansas ($114.29)
• Alabama ($113.90)
• South Dakota ($113.64)
• West Virginia ($112.49)

The states with the smallest relative value of $100 were:

• District of Columbia ($84.67)
• Hawaii ($85.62)
• New York ($86.43)
• New Jersey ($87.34)
• California ($88.97)

RELATIVE value.

That's why everyone is still trying to get to California or New York.

 

[Wyatt earp]

This map shows what $100 is really worth in your state
Business Insider
Elena Holodny 22 hours ago


Your dollars go further in some states than others.

The Tax Foundation released a mapshowing the relative value of $100 in every state compared with the national average using the data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

In expensive states like New York, you can afford comparatively less than average; in less expensive states like Mississippi, you can buy relatively more.


"Regional price differences are strikingly large; real purchasing power is 36 percent greater in Mississippi than it is in the District of Columbia," the Tax Foundation wrote.

"In other words, by this measure, if you have $50,000 in after-tax income in Mississippi, you would have to have after-tax earnings of $68,000 in the District of Columbia .

Here's the map:

(Tax Foundation)

The states with the largest relative value of $100 were:

• Mississippi ($115.34)
• Arkansas ($114.29)
• Alabama ($113.90)
• South Dakota ($113.64)
• West Virginia ($112.49)

The states with the smallest relative value of $100 were:

• District of Columbia ($84.67)
• Hawaii ($85.62)
• New York ($86.43)
• New Jersey ($87.34)
• California ($88.97)

By only considering goods and not services or housing --- that's just the BEGINNING of what a dollar is worth in the various states. It's probably in the order of 40 or 50% disparity in purchasing power..

Yea I thought it looked low but it fits my theme.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

I'd say it's pretty good. Don't you know how the free market works? Things are cheaper in places where people have less money. Things are more expensive in places where people have more money. It's not a very difficult concept.

Because population size has nothing to do with it right?

Stupid simpleton

I can go to southeast D.C., with a huge population, and get a basket of chicken for $4. Then I can go to McLean, VA, with a smaller, more spaced out population, and it would be a miracle to find the same dish for under $10.

Do you know why?

You didn't equal in the price of gas dummy.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

Quit the bullshit no 50 grand a year jobs

I make over 50 grand...

A quick look at indeed


Injection Mold-Process Engineer
Bock & Associates - Greer, SC
$80,000 a year

Injection Mold-Process Engineer - Greer, SC - Indeed Mobile

At least $75k of that is compensation for having to live in South Carolina

That's one correlation the map shows -- the less desirable a state is, the more a dollar buys, and vice versa. It's a trade off.

Sun, oceans lakes and mountains...

And all the retired Northerners moving here with their pensions that the poor ass democrats in the north stuck paying for

Suckers...


Lmao.

That seems to be the trend. Work in a state that pays well with lots of jobs, and then retire to places like South Carolina where people have less money and you can live like a king.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

Quit the bullshit no 50 grand a year jobs

I make over 50 grand...

A quick look at indeed


Injection Mold-Process Engineer
Bock & Associates - Greer, SC
$80,000 a year

Injection Mold-Process Engineer - Greer, SC - Indeed Mobile

At least $75k of that is compensation for having to live in South Carolina

That's one correlation the map shows -- the less desirable a state is, the more a dollar buys, and vice versa. It's a trade off.

Sun, oceans lakes and mountains...

And all the retired Northerners moving here with their pensions that the poor ass democrats in the north stuck paying for

Suckers...


Lmao.

That seems to be the trend. Work in a state that pays well with lots of jobs, and then retire to places like South Carolina where people have less money and you can live like a king.

Suck it dry and people and jobs move

 

[TheOldSchool]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

I'd say it's pretty good. Don't you know how the free market works? Things are cheaper in places where people have less money. Things are more expensive in places where people have more money. It's not a very difficult concept.

Because population size has nothing to do with it right?

Stupid simpleton

I can go to southeast D.C., with a huge population, and get a basket of chicken for $4. Then I can go to McLean, VA, with a smaller, more spaced out population, and it would be a miracle to find the same dish for under $10.

Do you know why?

You didn't equal in the price of gas dummy.

Okay let's see... where do you think you can find better gas prices: southeast D.C.? Or McLean, VA?

 

[Pogo]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

Quit the bullshit no 50 grand a year jobs

I make over 50 grand...

A quick look at indeed


Injection Mold-Process Engineer
Bock & Associates - Greer, SC
$80,000 a year

Injection Mold-Process Engineer - Greer, SC - Indeed Mobile

At least $75k of that is compensation for having to live in South Carolina

That's one correlation the map shows -- the less desirable a state is, the more a dollar buys, and vice versa. It's a trade off.

Sun, oceans lakes and mountains...

And all the retired Northerners moving here with their pensions that the poor ass democrats in the north stuck paying for

Suckers...


Lmao.

Ah yes, those South Carolina mountains. Both of them.
Impressive, he said as Mount Mitchell appeared through the clouds from his porch.

Oceans plural eh? Check your map.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

Quit the bullshit no 50 grand a year jobs

I make over 50 grand...

A quick look at indeed


Injection Mold-Process Engineer
Bock & Associates - Greer, SC
$80,000 a year

Injection Mold-Process Engineer - Greer, SC - Indeed Mobile

At least $75k of that is compensation for having to live in South Carolina

That's one correlation the map shows -- the less desirable a state is, the more a dollar buys, and vice versa. It's a trade off.

Sun, oceans lakes and mountains...

And all the retired Northerners moving here with their pensions that the poor ass democrats in the north stuck paying for

Suckers...


Lmao.

Ah yes, those South Carolina mountains. Both of them.
Impressive, he said as Mount Mitchell appeared through the clouds from his porch.

Oceans plural eh? Check your map.

I used to live there a bit, I never knew you were a hillbilly?

Damn they are more crazier then rednecks

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

I'd say it's pretty good. Don't you know how the free market works? Things are cheaper in places where people have less money. Things are more expensive in places where people have more money. It's not a very difficult concept.

Because population size has nothing to do with it right?

Stupid simpleton

I can go to southeast D.C., with a huge population, and get a basket of chicken for $4. Then I can go to McLean, VA, with a smaller, more spaced out population, and it would be a miracle to find the same dish for under $10.

Do you know why?

Supply & demand.

Class dismissed

 

[TheOldSchool]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

I'd say it's pretty good. Don't you know how the free market works? Things are cheaper in places where people have less money. Things are more expensive in places where people have more money. It's not a very difficult concept.

Because population size has nothing to do with it right?

Stupid simpleton

I can go to southeast D.C., with a huge population, and get a basket of chicken for $4. Then I can go to McLean, VA, with a smaller, more spaced out population, and it would be a miracle to find the same dish for under $10.

Do you know why?

Supply & demand.

Class dismissed

Correct. Population size had nothing to do with it.

Simpleton.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

I'd say it's pretty good. Don't you know how the free market works? Things are cheaper in places where people have less money. Things are more expensive in places where people have more money. It's not a very difficult concept.

Because population size has nothing to do with it right?

Stupid simpleton

I can go to southeast D.C., with a huge population, and get a basket of chicken for $4. Then I can go to McLean, VA, with a smaller, more spaced out population, and it would be a miracle to find the same dish for under $10.

Do you know why?

Supply & demand.

Class dismissed

Correct. Population size had nothing to do with it.

Simpleton.

Demand & supply which increases with a larger population dumbass

 

[kiwiman127]

You usually get what you pay for, but,,,low taxes doesn't guarantee a great quality of life.
I live in a state with relatively high taxes but at the same time it is consistently ranks in the very upper tier (1-3) in regards to quality of life, place to raise children (1) and its tops in quality of healthcare and the lowest in the cost of healthcare per-capita. The state is clean, low crime, excellent education system;etc.
There are times that getting a bang for your buck is a win in life.

 

[Wyatt earp]

You usually get what you pay for, but,,,low taxes doesn't guarantee a great quality of life.
I live in a state with relatively high taxes but at the same time it is consistently ranks in the very upper tier (1-3) in regards to quality of life, place to raise children (1) and its tops in quality of healthcare and the lowest in the cost of healthcare per-capita. The state is clean, low crime, excellent education system;etc.
There are times that getting a bang for your buck is a win in life.

quality of life,


Is a useless poll and subjective to the person, hey if you love driving an hour to work that's only 2 miles away that's up to you, if you love shoveling snow that's up to you.

 

[HappyJoy]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

The only way a dollar is ever going to be worth more in California than Mississippi is if the latter became one of the country's great economies. It's not, it's not even close.

Vote republican...

No woman in her right mind, especially one of child-bearing age, should vote Republican. The Republicans want us barefoot and back in the kitchen and pregnant. They don't care if there is no way or means to take care of an unwanted child.

Maybe create spay clinics for those who do not want children. It really would be much more feasible in the long term.

That's not how family planning works.

 

[Pogo]

Why is this confusing? Of course things will be cheaper in poor states with lesser economies.

And those $50,000 jobs? Good luck. There's a reason why these poor states have the highest rates of food stamp and welfare participation.

Quit the bullshit no 50 grand a year jobs

I make over 50 grand...

A quick look at indeed


Injection Mold-Process Engineer
Bock & Associates - Greer, SC
$80,000 a year

Injection Mold-Process Engineer - Greer, SC - Indeed Mobile

At least $75k of that is compensation for having to live in South Carolina

That's one correlation the map shows -- the less desirable a state is, the more a dollar buys, and vice versa. It's a trade off.

Sun, oceans lakes and mountains...

And all the retired Northerners moving here with their pensions that the poor ass democrats in the north stuck paying for

Suckers...


Lmao.

Ah yes, those South Carolina mountains. Both of them.
Impressive, he said as Mount Mitchell appeared through the clouds from his porch.

Oceans plural eh? Check your map.

I used to live there a bit, I never knew you were a hillbilly?

Damn they are more crazier then rednecks

Actual, I'm an Appalachianian by choice, not by birf.

 

[RodISHI]

That's your poor excuse? ....damn what a sheep.

The only way a dollar is ever going to be worth more in California than Mississippi is if the latter became one of the country's great economies. It's not, it's not even close.

Vote republican...

No woman in her right mind, especially one of child-bearing age, should vote Republican. The Republicans want us barefoot and back in the kitchen and pregnant. They don't care if there is no way or means to take care of an unwanted child.

Maybe create spay clinics for those who do not want children. It really would be much more feasible in the long term.

That's not how family planning works.

If they never plan on having families or it is their desire not to have anymore children it sounds perfectly logical to permanently cure that issue if they so desire.