Cost of living in Orlando, FL
The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area (2,940,513 people) ranks #46 of 149 for prices among the U.S. metro areas we cover. Here's what it costs to live there.
Hover over or tap a dot to see its value.
See all 149 cities
Price level, from cheaper to pricier.
- The Villages, FL 85.4
- McAllen, TX 85.9
- Springfield, MO 88.6
- Wichita, KS 88.9
- Jackson, MS 89.0
- Tulsa, OK 89.2
- Columbus, GA 89.3
- Little Rock, AR 89.4
- El Paso, TX 89.9
- Oklahoma City, OK 90.4
- Sioux Falls, SD 90.6
- Baton Rouge, LA 90.8
- Clarksville, TN 90.9
- Fargo, ND 90.9
- Killeen, TX 91.1
- Spartanburg, SC 91.1
- Fayetteville, AR 91.4
- Chattanooga, TN 91.5
- Toledo, OH 91.5
- Birmingham, AL 91.6
- Des Moines, IA 91.7
- Augusta, GA 91.9
- Omaha, NE 91.9
- Fayetteville, NC 92.0
- Winston-Salem, NC 92.0
- Jacksonville, NC 92.1
- Memphis, TN 92.2
- Kansas City, MO 92.5
- Fort Wayne, IN 92.6
- Knoxville, TN 92.6
- New Orleans, LA 92.6
- Dayton, OH 92.7
- Greensboro, NC 92.9
- Lexington, KY 92.9
- Huntsville, AL 93.1
- Louisville, KY 93.1
- Greenville, SC 93.3
- Akron, OH 93.4
- Billings, MT 93.5
- Myrtle Beach, SC 93.6
- Columbia, SC 93.7
- Cleveland, OH 93.9
- Daphne, AL 94.7
- Pittsburgh, PA 94.7
- San Antonio, TX 94.7
- St. Louis, MO 95.1
- Ocala, FL 95.2
- Savannah, GA 95.2
- Cincinnati, OH 95.4
- Albuquerque, NM 95.5
- Columbus, OH 95.5
- Grand Rapids, MI 95.5
- Indianapolis, IN 95.7
- Syracuse, NY 95.7
- Buffalo, NY 95.8
- Nashville, TN 96.3
- Wilmington, NC 96.4
- Asheville, NC 96.5
- Cheyenne, WY 96.5
- Gainesville, FL 96.7
- Milwaukee, WI 96.9
- Tucson, AZ 96.9
- Crestview, FL 97.0
- Rochester, NY 97.0
- Lakeland, FL 97.1
- Charlotte, NC 97.3
- Madison, WI 97.3
- Panama City, FL 97.3
- Durham, NC 97.6
- Pensacola, FL 97.7
- Richmond, VA 97.9
- Virginia Beach, VA 97.9
- Hilton Head Island, SC 98.0
- Austin, TX 98.1
- Provo, UT 98.2
- Raleigh, NC 98.2
- Prescott, AZ 98.3
- Boise, ID 98.4
- Houston, TX 98.6
- Harrisburg, PA 98.7
- Daytona Beach, FL 99.4
- Jacksonville, FL 99.5
- Albany, NY 99.6
- Allentown, PA 100.0
- Palm Bay, FL 100.0
- Atlanta, GA 100.1
- Greeley, CO 100.2
- Las Vegas, NV 100.2
- Port St. Lucie, FL 100.2
- Detroit, MI 100.3
- Ogden, UT 100.3
- Spokane, WA 100.3
- Norwich, CT 100.4
- Punta Gorda, FL 100.5
- Colorado Springs, CO 100.7
- Ann Arbor, MI 100.9
- Bakersfield, CA 100.9
- Burlington, VT 100.9
- Salt Lake City, UT 100.9
- Tampa, FL 100.9
- Charleston, SC 101.0
- Reno, NV 101.0
- Fort Collins, CO 101.1
- Orlando, FL 101.4
- Eugene, OR 101.6
- Providence, RI 101.8
- Portland, ME 101.9
- Fresno, CA 102.2
- Cape Coral, FL 102.3
- Sarasota, FL 102.4
- Worcester, MA 102.5
- Philadelphia, PA 102.6
- Hartford, CT 102.7
- Dallas, TX 103.1
- Naples, FL 103.2
- Trenton, NJ 103.2
- Phoenix, AZ 103.3
- Bend, OR 103.6
- Chicago, IL 103.6
- Olympia, WA 103.7
- Baltimore, MD 104.5
- New Haven, CT 104.6
- Minneapolis, MN 104.8
- Stockton, CA 105.1
- Boulder, CO 105.2
- Anchorage, AK 105.4
- Portland, OR 105.4
- Bremerton, WA 105.6
- Manchester, NH 105.7
- Denver, CO 105.8
- Riverside, CA 106.4
- Sacramento, CA 106.7
- Bridgeport, CT 106.9
- Santa Rosa, CA 107.8
- Boston, MA 108.3
- Vallejo, CA 108.5
- Santa Barbara, CA 108.8
- Washington, D.C. 108.9
- Salinas, CA 109.0
- Poughkeepsie, NY 109.4
- San Jose, CA 110.4
- Oxnard, CA 110.5
- Honolulu, HI 111.0
- Seattle, WA 111.1
- San Diego, CA 111.9
- New York, NY 112.6
- Los Angeles, CA 113.6
- Miami, FL 114.2
- San Francisco, CA 115.6
Compare Orlando with your city
See what you'd need to earn in Orlando to keep your lifestyle, after taxes and local prices. The calculator starts from Miami, FL, which sends the most households here of the metros we cover (IRS, 2022–2023), using its median household income as an illustrative single-earner salary. Household income can include several earners and other income; it is not a typical individual wage. Pick your own city, salary and filing status.
Equal salary in Orlando: $69,600
Compare any two of 149 U.S. metro areas. All cities
To keep the same lifestyle, you need about $69,600 in Orlando, FL to match $80,000 in Miami, FL ($10,400 less), after 2026 taxes and local prices.
Single filer, W-2 salary. Both are in Florida, which has no state income tax on wages; neither city levies a resident income tax.
Prices and housing cover the metro area; taxes use Florida, its principal state. A metro can span several states; living in its other state can change the tax result.
What things cost in Orlando
The vertical line marks the U.S. average (100). BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 for the metropolitan area.
Taxes in Orlando
In this fixed example, one single filer earning an $80,000 W-2 salary keeps $65,110 after 2026 federal tax ($8,770), Social Security and Medicare ($6,120). Florida has no state income tax on wages. The salary is rounded from median household income, not an observed individual wage. This example stays fixed when you change the calculator.
Housing
| Measure | Orlando area |
|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,877/mo |
| Median home value | $409,400 |
| Median property tax | $3,012/yr |
| Monthly cost to own the median home (20% down) | $2,691 |
| Median household income | $81,044 |
Climate and jobs in Orlando
In the Orlando area the average January low is 50°F and the average July high 92°F, and the area has about 110 days a year at 90°F or hotter. Unemployment averaged 3.9% in 2025, below the U.S. rate (4.3%), and the median wage across all jobs was $46,630 a year, 9% below the U.S. median.
| Climate | 1991–2020 average |
|---|---|
| January low | 50°F |
| July high | 92°F |
| Days 90°F or hotter | 110 a year |
| Precipitation | 51 in a year |
| Snowfall | 0 in a year |
| Jobs and pay | Metro area | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate, 2025 average | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| Median wage, all jobs (May 2025) | $46,630 | $50,980 |
| Wage and salary jobs (May 2025) | 1.4 million | 155.5 million |
Climate: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 averages at the Orlando International Airport station (USW00012815). 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 Orlando
Our modeled retiree budget is about $3,196 a month here with a home owned outright, or $4,286 renting. It uses spending benchmarks for households with a reference person age 65 or older (BLS 2024), adjusted for local prices. These are household-based estimates, not observed spending by a single retiree in Orlando. See where your budget goes furthest.
Where people move to and from Orlando
- Orlando to Lakeland
- Orlando to Daytona Beach
- Orlando to Miami
- Orlando to Tampa
- Orlando to Palm Bay
- Orlando to New York
- Orlando to Ocala
- Orlando to Jacksonville
- Miami to Orlando
- New York to Orlando
- Lakeland to Orlando
- Tampa to Orlando
- Daytona Beach to Orlando
- Palm Bay to Orlando
- Jacksonville to Orlando
- Atlanta to Orlando
IRS county-to-county migration data, 2022–2023, aggregated to the 149 metro areas we cover.
Natural hazard risk
RelocateMath's population-weighted mean of FEMA county risk scores for the Orlando area is 95.3 of 100 (very high county-score mean), with modeled expected losses of about $287 per resident per year. A mean of county percentiles is not an official FEMA metro rating or a national metro percentile. It describes the counties in the metro; your property's risk can differ. Disaster risk by county in Florida.
The vertical line marks county-score scale midpoint (50).
Frequently asked questions
What salary do you need to live in Orlando?
In a fixed single-filer W-2 example living inside the principal city, about $76,200 in Orlando matches the buying power of $75,000 in an average-priced area with no state income tax. The example uses 2026 federal taxes, Florida state taxes and modeled resident local taxes where applicable. It stays fixed when calculator inputs change. Renting the median home at 30% of income takes $75,080, and buying the median home with 20% down takes about $115,316.
Is Orlando expensive?
The Orlando metro area's price level is 101.4 (U.S. = 100), #46 of the 149 metro areas we cover, from most to least expensive. Its housing rents price index is 123.4, 23% above the U.S. average.
Are people moving to Orlando?
Counting moves to and from the other 148 metro areas we cover, Orlando had a net gain of about 4,431 households in 2022–2023 (IRS county migration data).
What is the weather like in Orlando?
In NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the Orlando area (Orlando International Airport weather station), the average January low is 50°F and the average July high 92°F. The area has about 110 days a year at 90°F or hotter and gets 51 inches of precipitation a year and almost no snow.
What are jobs and pay like in Orlando?
The Orlando metro area's unemployment rate averaged 3.9% in 2025, below the U.S. rate (4.3%). The median wage across all jobs was $46,630 a year in May 2025, 9% below the U.S. median of $50,980 (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
What natural disasters affect Orlando?
RelocateMath's population-weighted mean of FEMA county risk scores is 95.3 out of 100 (very high county-score mean). This is not an official FEMA metro rating or a national metro percentile. The highest county-score means by hazard are strong wind, lightning, tornado.
Compare Orlando with other cities
Moving from Orlando to…
Cities with similar prices
- Eugene, OR 101.6
- Fort Collins, CO 101.1
- Providence, RI 101.8
- Charleston, SC 101.0
- Reno, NV 101.0
- Tampa, FL 100.9
- Moving from Florida
State-agency links identify the responsible tax office; they do not verify every modeled rule. Use forms and guidance for the year you are filing.