20 cities where your paycheck goes the furthest

When you're choosing where to take a job, it can help to look at a cost-of-living comparison by city. After all, there's a big difference between living off of $50,000 in New York or San Francisco than in Toledo or Buffalo.

To help you do a cost-of-living comparison, GOBankingRates looked at the monthly cost of living — median rent, groceries, utilities and transportation costs — in the 75 most populous cities in the United States. Then, the cost of living was compared to the average paycheck, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey.

Click through to learn about the cities where you can stretch your paycheck and enjoy a lower cost of living.

Methodology: GOBankingRates surveyed monthly living expenses in the 75 most populous U.S. cities, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. This cost-of-living comparison included the following factors for a single person: (1) housing, using the median rent for a single-family residence in each city, sourced from Zillow's September 2017 rental index; (2) groceries, using the recommended amount reported by cost-of-living database Numbeo.com for each city, sourced Nov. 10, 2017; (3) utilities, according to cost estimates from Numbeo.com, sourced Nov. 10, 2017; (4) transportation costs, using monthly transportation pass for the city, according to cost estimates from Numbeo.com for each city, sourced Nov. 10, 2017. Paycheck amounts were based on the latest data from Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey. To determine income per paycheck, the mean income after taxes ($64,175) was divided by 24 in order to approximate two paychecks per month. Expenses were then deducted from each paycheck to come up with the amount left over.

This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com: 20 Cities Where Your Paycheck Goes the Furthest

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