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North America
San Francisco
CA, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in San Francisco compare to Chicago?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in San Francisco is 35% better off vs in Chicago
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in San Francisco compared to Chicago, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$166,163
+$73,063 (+78%) vs Chicago
Tax Rate: 37%
Weather
How does the weather in San Francisco compare to Chicago?
San Francisco has better overall weather
8.7/10(vs 4.2/10 in Chicago)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
19°C(vs 15°C in Chicago)
Average Low
12°C(vs 8°C in Chicago)
Sunshine Hours
3,062h/yr+553h/yr(+22%)
Average High in hottest month
22°C(vs 28°C in Chicago)
Average Low in coldest month
8°C(vs -5°C in Chicago)
Rainy Days
49/yr-43/yr(-47%)
Muggy Days
0/yr-42/yr(-100%)
Cloud Cover
34%(vs 47% in Chicago)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in San Francisco compare to Chicago?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in San Francisco compared to Chicago?
Avg. Property Price
$10,233 / m²
245% more expensive than Chicago
SWE Affordability
4.9 years
2.4 years longer than Chicago
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
San Francisco has around 53 Luma events listed.
That's 279% more events than Chicago.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in San Francisco to maintain the same standard of living.
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