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North America
Chicago
IL, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Chicago compare to Dallas?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Chicago is 9% worse off vs in Dallas
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Chicago compared to Dallas, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$93,100
+$1,840 (+2%) vs Dallas
Tax Rate: 34%
Weather
How does the weather in Chicago compare to Dallas?
Chicago has better overall weather
4.2/10(vs 3.8/10 in Dallas)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
15°C(vs 25°C in Dallas)
Average Low
8°C(vs 15°C in Dallas)
Sunshine Hours
2,508h/yr-341h/yr(-12%)
Average High in hottest month
28°C(vs 35°C in Dallas)
Average Low in coldest month
-5°C(vs 4°C in Dallas)
Rainy Days
91/yr+7/yr(+8%)
Muggy Days
42/yr-67/yr(-62%)
Cloud Cover
47%(vs 36% in Dallas)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Chicago compare to Dallas?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Chicago compared to Dallas?
SWE Affordability
2.5 years
similar to Dallas
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Chicago has around 22 Luma events listed.
That's 214% more events than Dallas.
Salary Converter
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