Cost of Living Calculators - Dec. 2003

Cost of Living Calculators

Homefair.com
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
Includes some Canadian and international cities and reports on schools, crime, etc. See the "International Salary Calculator".
Bankrate.com
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/movecalc.asp
(For the U.S. you can select the city you are moving to, the city you are moving from and your current income to find your new income standard).
Yahoo Real Estate
http://realestate.yahoo.com/realestate/neighborhood/main.html
US Cities are rated by Demographics, Cost Of Living and Quality of Life. Comparison is made to the National Average.
MonsterMoving.com
http://www.monstermoving.monster.com/Find_a_Place/Cityprofile/ This city profile provides information on economic factors including cost of living, taxes, home cost, insurance cost and quality of life factors such as population, crime, weather and education.
Cost of Living and Salary Calculator
http://www.bestplaces.net/html/cost_of_living.html
(Using this site you can compare the cost of living between two cities)
CityRating.com
http://www.cityrating.com/costofliving.asp
("This Cost of Living calculator bases its results on three main components: Supply and Demand factors reflected on the salary ranges for a particular city, state taxes and regional Consumer Price Index (CPI) information. Use this salary calculator to compare the cost of living of two different cities in the USA.

Books

Cities ranked & rated HN 60.C58 1ST 2004

Geographic reference report HD 6983.G38