{"id":189770,"date":"2025-06-16T19:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189770\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:40:12","slug":"best-u-s-cities-for-jobs-that-afford-comfortable-lifestyles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189770\/","title":{"rendered":"Best U.S. Cities for Jobs That Afford Comfortable Lifestyles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/money-finance\/college-graduates-make-the-most-money-in-these-us-states\/472214\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">college graduate<\/a> looking to launch your career or a mid-level professional ready for a pivot, you might be in the market for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/growing-a-business\/to-hire-good-entry-level-talent-provide-these-3-things\/485201\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">entry-level job<\/a> \u2014 and wondering how much you can expect to get paid.<\/p>\n<p>Less than half (48%) of Americans say they have emergency or rainy day funds that would cover their expenses for three months, and about 20% of them report not having enough money to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/starting-a-business\/5-myths-about-online-rent-collection-landlords-need-to-know\/452387\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">pay rent<\/a> or a mortgage, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2025\/05\/07\/growing-share-of-us-adults-say-their-personal-finances-will-be-worse-a-year-from-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/money-finance\/average-us-salary-for-30-year-old-how-does-yours-compare\/486526\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">Young U.S. Workers Expect $200,000 Salaries By Age 30. Here&#8217;s What They Actually Earn \u2014 How Do Your Stats Compare?<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not your next gig affords a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/living\/how-to-expand-your-comfort-zone-and-create-a-life-you\/449919\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">comfortable lifestyle<\/a> has a lot to do with its location.<\/p>\n<p>Online lender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netcredit.com\/blog\/cost-of-living-calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NetCredit<\/a> compared local entry-level job wages to local costs of living using MIT&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwage.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Wage Calculator<\/a> and ranked states and cities based on the percentage of job ads with salaries surpassing the local living wage to figure out where people have the best chance at success.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, Bakersfield, California, comes out on top, with 100% of entry-level job ads on Indeed advertising wages above the local living wage, and Fargo, North Dakota, follows in second, with a 93.67% ratio, per the data.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/money-finance\/job-hopping-is-it-good-for-salaries-and-bad-for-retirement\/483964\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">U.S. Workers Have Found a Way to Increase Their Salaries Fast. But the Strategy Could Hurt Them in Retirement.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Entry-level job applicants in Honolulu, Hawaii, may fare the worst. Just 27.69% of new job posts list a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/growing-a-business\/how-to-set-salaries-entrepreneurcom\/159438\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">salary<\/a> in line with the living wage, according to NetCredit. The research also showed low ratios in Virginia Beach, Virginia (32.33%); Miami, Florida (34.3%); and Boise, Idaho (38.72%).<\/p>\n<p>Check out NetCredit&#8217;s infographics below for a fuller picture of the research and livable wages across the U.S.:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749747807_02_The-Best-Cities-for-Entry-Level-Jobs-With-a-Livable-Wage.png\" style=\"height:1035px; width:1000px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1035\"\/>Image Credit: Courtesy of NetCredit<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749747834_03_The-Worst-Cities-for-Entry-Level-Jobs-With-a-Livable-Wage.png\" style=\"height:1035px; width:1000px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1035\"\/>Image Credit: Courtesy of NetCredit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;re a recent college graduate looking to launch your career or a mid-level professional ready for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[51,29,77788,3858,13835,897,9712,388,3391,19535,1232,3387,2499,3189,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-189770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-career","10":"tag-career-growth","11":"tag-careers","12":"tag-job-search","13":"tag-jobs","14":"tag-life-hacks","15":"tag-lifestyle","16":"tag-living","17":"tag-making-money","18":"tag-money","19":"tag-money-finance","20":"tag-personal-finance","21":"tag-success-strategies","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114694745709005660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}