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Oceania
Sydney
Australia
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Sydney compare to Boston?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Sydney is 14% worse off vs in Boston
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Sydney compared to Boston, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$72,901
-$38,833 (-35%) vs Boston
Tax Rate: 29%
Weather
How does the weather in Sydney compare to Boston?
Sydney has better overall weather
8.7/10(vs 5.2/10 in Boston)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
22°C(vs 15°C in Boston)
Average Low
15°C(vs 7°C in Boston)
Sunshine Hours
2,468h/yr-165h/yr(-6%)
Average High in hottest month
26°C(vs 28°C in Boston)
Average Low in coldest month
9°C(vs -5°C in Boston)
Rainy Days
85/yr-4/yr
Muggy Days
36/yr+8/yr(+28%)
Cloud Cover
30%(vs 48% in Boston)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Sydney compare to Boston?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Sydney compared to Boston?
Avg. Property Price
$10,422 / m²
37% more expensive than Boston
SWE Affordability
11.4 years
6.0 years longer than Boston
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Sydney has around 12 Luma events listed.
That's 33% more events than Boston.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Sydney to maintain the same standard of living.
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