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Cost of living in Miami, FL

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) ranks #2 of 149 for prices among the U.S. metro areas we cover. Here's what it costs to live there.

By Data reviewed Data: Census ACS, BEA, BLS, NOAA, IRS, FEMA (methodology)

New York, NY: price level 112.6Los Angeles, CA: price level 113.6Chicago, IL: price level 103.6Dallas, TX: price level 103.1Houston, TX: price level 98.6Miami, FL: price level 114.2Washington, D.C.: price level 108.9Atlanta, GA: price level 100.1Philadelphia, PA: price level 102.6Phoenix, AZ: price level 103.3Boston, MA: price level 108.3Riverside, CA: price level 106.4San Francisco, CA: price level 115.6Detroit, MI: price level 100.3Seattle, WA: price level 111.1Minneapolis, MN: price level 104.8Tampa, FL: price level 100.9San Diego, CA: price level 111.9Denver, CO: price level 105.8Orlando, FL: price level 101.4Charlotte, NC: price level 97.3Baltimore, MD: price level 104.5St. Louis, MO: price level 95.1San Antonio, TX: price level 94.7Austin, TX: price level 98.1Portland, OR: price level 105.4Sacramento, CA: price level 106.7Pittsburgh, PA: price level 94.7Las Vegas, NV: price level 100.2Cincinnati, OH: price level 95.4Kansas City, MO: price level 92.5Columbus, OH: price level 95.5Indianapolis, IN: price level 95.7Cleveland, OH: price level 93.9Nashville, TN: price level 96.3San Jose, CA: price level 110.4Virginia Beach, VA: price level 97.9Jacksonville, FL: price level 99.5Providence, RI: price level 101.8Milwaukee, WI: price level 96.9Raleigh, NC: price level 98.2Oklahoma City, OK: price level 90.4Louisville, KY: price level 93.1Richmond, VA: price level 97.9Memphis, TN: price level 92.2Salt Lake City, UT: price level 100.9Birmingham, AL: price level 91.6Fresno, CA: price level 102.2Grand Rapids, MI: price level 95.5Hartford, CT: price level 102.7Buffalo, NY: price level 95.8Tucson, AZ: price level 96.9Tulsa, OK: price level 89.2Rochester, NY: price level 97.0Omaha, NE: price level 91.9Honolulu, HI: price level 111.0Greenville, SC: price level 93.3Bridgeport, CT: price level 106.9New Orleans, LA: price level 92.6Knoxville, TN: price level 92.6Sarasota, FL: price level 102.4Albuquerque, NM: price level 95.5Bakersfield, CA: price level 100.9McAllen, TX: price level 85.9Albany, NY: price level 99.6Allentown, PA: price level 100.0Baton Rouge, LA: price level 90.8Worcester, MA: price level 102.5El Paso, TX: price level 89.9Columbia, SC: price level 93.7Charleston, SC: price level 101.0Cape Coral, FL: price level 102.3Lakeland, FL: price level 97.1Boise, ID: price level 98.4Oxnard, CA: price level 110.5Dayton, OH: price level 92.7Stockton, CA: price level 105.1Greensboro, NC: price level 92.9Colorado Springs, CO: price level 100.7Little Rock, AR: price level 89.4Provo, UT: price level 98.2Des Moines, IA: price level 91.7Daytona Beach, FL: price level 99.4Poughkeepsie, NY: price level 109.4Madison, WI: price level 97.3Winston-Salem, NC: price level 92.0Akron, OH: price level 93.4Ogden, UT: price level 100.3Wichita, KS: price level 88.9Palm Bay, FL: price level 100.0Syracuse, NY: price level 95.7Augusta, GA: price level 91.9Durham, NC: price level 97.6Harrisburg, PA: price level 98.7Jackson, MS: price level 89.0Fayetteville, AR: price level 91.4Spokane, WA: price level 100.3Toledo, OH: price level 91.5Chattanooga, TN: price level 91.5New Haven, CT: price level 104.6Reno, NV: price level 101.0Portland, ME: price level 101.9Port St. Lucie, FL: price level 100.2Huntsville, AL: price level 93.1Pensacola, FL: price level 97.7Lexington, KY: price level 92.9Killeen, TX: price level 91.1Springfield, MO: price level 88.6Santa Rosa, CA: price level 107.8Wilmington, NC: price level 96.4Fort Wayne, IN: price level 92.6Vallejo, CA: price level 108.5Santa Barbara, CA: price level 108.8Salinas, CA: price level 109.0Savannah, GA: price level 95.2Manchester, NH: price level 105.7Ocala, FL: price level 95.2Asheville, NC: price level 96.5Naples, FL: price level 103.2Myrtle Beach, SC: price level 93.6Anchorage, AK: price level 105.4Spartanburg, SC: price level 91.1Fayetteville, NC: price level 92.0Trenton, NJ: price level 103.2Eugene, OR: price level 101.6Fort Collins, CO: price level 101.1Ann Arbor, MI: price level 100.9Greeley, CO: price level 100.2Gainesville, FL: price level 96.7Clarksville, TN: price level 90.9Boulder, CO: price level 105.2Columbus, GA: price level 89.3Crestview, FL: price level 97.0Sioux Falls, SD: price level 90.6Olympia, WA: price level 103.7Norwich, CT: price level 100.4Bremerton, WA: price level 105.6Fargo, ND: price level 90.9Bend, OR: price level 103.6Daphne, AL: price level 94.7Prescott, AZ: price level 98.3Hilton Head Island, SC: price level 98.0Burlington, VT: price level 100.9Panama City, FL: price level 97.3Jacksonville, NC: price level 92.1Punta Gorda, FL: price level 100.5Billings, MT: price level 93.5The Villages, FL: price level 85.4Cheyenne, WY: price level 96.5

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Salary to match $75k
$87,400
vs. an average-priced, no-income-tax area
Median rent
$2,083
per month · need $83,320 income
Median home
$510,600
need about $139,997 to buy

Compare Miami with your city

See what you'd need to earn in Miami to keep your lifestyle, after taxes and local prices. The calculator starts from New York, NY, which sends the most households here of the metros we cover (IRS, 2022–2023), at about its median household income. Pick your own city and salary.

Equal salary in Miami: $89,000

Compare any two of 149 U.S. metro areas. All cities

To keep the same lifestyle, you need about $89,000 in Miami, FL to match $100,000 in New York, NY ($11,000 less), after 2026 taxes and local prices.

Single filer, W-2 salary. Florida has no state income tax on wages; New York does; includes New York City resident tax $3,441 (inside city limits).

Take-home in New York
$70,467
29.5% total tax
Take-home in Miami
$79,180
20.8% total tax
Prices in Miami
+1.4%
vs New York (BEA 2024)
Renting: change after selected costs
+$5,730
per year, after taxes, rent and power; excludes food, transport, healthcare, child care and moving costs

See the full New York to Miami report

What things cost in Miami

Price level by category (U.S. = 100)
Below the U.S. average Above the U.S. average
Overall114.2
Housing155.6
Goods103.6
Utilities97.2
Other services109.1

The vertical line marks the U.S. average (100). BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 for the metropolitan area.

Taxes in Miami

On an $80,000 salary (about the area's median household income), a single filer keeps $65,110 after 2026 federal tax ($8,770), Social Security and Medicare ($6,120). Florida has no state income tax on wages.

Housing

MeasureMiami area
Median rent$2,083/mo
Median home value$510,600
Median property tax$4,260/yr
Monthly cost to own the median home (20% down)$3,267
Median household income$80,625

Climate and jobs in Miami

In the Miami area the average January low is 61°F and the average July high 91°F, and the area has about 91 days a year at 90°F or hotter. Unemployment averaged 3.3% in 2025, below the U.S. rate (4.3%), and the median wage across all jobs was $48,640 a year, 5% below the U.S. median.

Climate in the Miami area: NOAA 1991–2020 normals
Climate1991–2020 average
January low61°F
July high91°F
Days 90°F or hotter91 a year
Precipitation67 in a year
Snowfall0 in a year
Jobs and pay in the Miami area compared with the U.S. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Jobs and payMetro areaU.S.
Unemployment rate, 2025 average3.3%4.3%
Median wage, all jobs (May 2025)$48,640$50,980
Wage and salary jobs (May 2025)2.8 million155.5 million

Climate: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 averages at the Miami International Airport station (USW00012839). Weather varies across a metro area, especially with elevation and distance from the coast. Jobs: unemployment from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics; wages and job counts from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, which count wage and salary jobs, not the self-employed; wages are before taxes. The 2025 average covers 11 months: October 2025 data were not collected during the federal government shutdown.

Retiring in Miami

A single retiree spends about $3,499 a month here if they own their home outright, or $4,902 renting, based on typical spending for households 65 and older (BLS 2024) adjusted for local prices. See where your budget goes furthest.

Where people move to and from Miami

Leaving Miami for… (households)
Orlando9,136
New York9,096
Port St. Lucie8,105
Tampa5,597
Atlanta4,615
Cape Coral3,651
Jacksonville3,060
Houston2,623
Moving to Miami from… (households)
New York17,217
Orlando4,351
Tampa3,113
Port St. Lucie2,775
Washington, D.C.2,452
Los Angeles2,421
Atlanta2,353
Chicago2,294

IRS county-to-county migration data, 2022–2023, aggregated to the 149 metro areas we cover.

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates the Miami area among the highest for natural hazard risk (score 99.5 of 100), with expected losses of about $325 per resident per year. Disaster risk by county in Florida.

Highest relative risks (national percentile)
Higher risk than most U.S. counties
Hurricane100
Lightning100
Riverine flooding99
Heat wave99
Coastal flooding97

The vertical line marks the middle of U.S. counties (50).

Frequently asked questions

What salary do you need to live in Miami?

To match the buying power of $75,000 in an average-priced area with no state income tax, you need about $87,400 in Miami. Renting the median home at 30% of income takes $83,320, and buying the median home with 20% down takes about $139,997.

Is Miami expensive?

The Miami metro area's price level is 114.2 (U.S. = 100), #2 of the 149 metro areas we cover, from most to least expensive. Its housing price index is 155.6, 56% above the U.S. average.

Are people moving to Miami?

Counting moves to and from the other 148 metro areas we cover, Miami had a net loss of about 22,790 households in 2022–2023 (IRS county migration data).

What is the weather like in Miami?

In NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the Miami area (Miami International Airport weather station), the average January low is 61°F and the average July high 91°F. The area has about 91 days a year at 90°F or hotter and gets 67 inches of precipitation a year and almost no snow.

What are jobs and pay like in Miami?

The Miami metro area's unemployment rate averaged 3.3% in 2025, below the U.S. rate (4.3%). The median wage across all jobs was $48,640 a year in May 2025, 5% below the U.S. median of $50,980 (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

What natural disasters affect Miami?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the area among the highest overall (score 99.5). The highest relative risks are hurricane, lightning, riverine flooding.

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