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NextImg:Salary of $100,000 worth just $35,000 in New York City: Study

A study found that a $100,000 annual salary is worth just $35,000 in New York City.

Due to high inflation, the six-figure salary is being increasingly sapped of its value due to purchasing power declines and cost of living increases. A study from personal finance adviser SmartAsset, measuring 76 different cities in the United States, found that the effect is felt in every city. Even the place where the salary goes the furthest — Memphis, Tennessee — it's only worth $86,444. The worst was New York City, where the salary is worth approximately $35,791 when taking into account taxes and the cost of living.

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was found to have the lowest cost of living in the study, although taxes sent it to third place, with $100,000 worth $84,498.

Notably, seven of the top 10 cities where $100,000 goes the furthest were in Texas, specifically El Paso, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Arlington.

On the opposite end, the worst were New York City; Honolulu, Hawaii; San Francisco, California; Washington, D.C.; Long Beach, California; Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California; Oakland, California; Boston, Massachusetts; and Seattle, Washington.

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In the three worst cities, $100,000 was worth less than $40,000.

SmartAsset's study used a paycheck calculator which takes into account one's salary after federal, state, and local taxes, adjusted for the cost of living in the 76 biggest cities in the U.S., using data from the Council for Community and Economic Research.