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Kansas City, MO Cost of Living Calculator

Prices in the Kansas City, MO area are 7.5% below the US average, and housing 13.4% below (BEA, 2024). Compare a salary here with anywhere else.

Prices in an average US city are 8.1% higher than in Kansas City, MO, so $75,000 in Kansas City, MO buys what $81,081 buys in an average US city.

The same living standard in an average US city
$81,081
Prices overall
+8.1%
Housing costs
+15.5%

Kansas City, MO price levels by category (US average = 100)

CategoryPrice levelAgainst the US
All items92.57.5% below
Housing86.613.4% below
Goods94.15.9% below
Utilities89.011.0% below
Other services93.46.6% below

What $75,000 in Kansas City, MO equals in other large metros

Metro areaEquivalent salaryPrices
New York, NY$91,29721.7%
Los Angeles, CA$92,10822.8%
Chicago, IL$84,00012.0%
Dallas, TX$83,59511.5%
Houston, TX$79,9466.6%
Washington, DC$88,29717.7%
Philadelphia, PA$83,18910.9%
Atlanta, GA$81,1628.2%
Miami, FL$92,59523.5%
Phoenix, AZ$83,75711.7%

How this calculator works

BEA regional price parities for the Kansas City, MO-KS metropolitan area, 2024: the price of the same basket of goods and services against the US average (100). Equivalent salaries scale by the ratio of the two areas' price levels.

What it assumes

  • Before tax, and averaged across the whole metro area.

Questions people ask

Is Kansas City expensive to live in?

Overall prices are 7.5% below the US average; housing is 13.4% below.

What salary do I need in Kansas City, MO?

To match $75,000 in an average-cost place, about $69,375. The area's median household income is $83,460.

How much is rent in Kansas City, MO?

The median gross rent (including utilities) is $1,249 a month (Census American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

How does Kansas City, MO compare with New York?

New York prices are 21.7% relative to Kansas City, MO: $75,000 here equals $91,297 there.

Nearby and large metro areas

Related calculators

  • Cost of Living CalculatorWhat salary in another city gives you the same standard of living, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis's 2024 price levels for 193 metro areas.
  • Kansas City, MO Rent Affordability CalculatorThe median rent in the Kansas City, MO area is $1,249 a month including utilities, which takes 18% of the median household income ($83,460). Paying it on 30% of income needs about $49,960 a year.
  • Paycheck CalculatorWhat you take home from each paycheck after federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax, with 2026 tax rates for every state.

Sources

Updated by the RateHerald team. The maths is tested against worked examples; report a problem.