Stretch Your $100K Salary Twice as Far in Houston than Pricey San Francisco

Where $100K is worth the most El Paso, TX ($88,840); Oklahoma City, OK ($87,585); Memphis, TN ($86,960) due to low taxes and cost of living
Where $100K is worth the least Manhattan, NY ($30,914); Honolulu, HI ($39,148); San Francisco, CA ($40,997) due to high taxes and cost of living
A $100K salary goes twice as far in Houston, TX ($82,986) as San Francisco, CA ($40,997)
Other expensive cities Brooklyn, NY ($43,376); Los Angeles, CA ($47,762); Washington, D.C. ($48,734)
Study by SmartAsset analyzed federal, state and local taxes plus cost of living data to determine purchasing power of $100K salary in different cities