The cost of living for a single adult with no children in the area is $32,788, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s living wage calculator.
Here is the cost of living for a single adult with no children in the top-paying metropolitan areas for dentists:
Spokane-Spokane Valley, Wash.
Annual mean wage: $290,860
Cost of living: $32,788
Manchester, N.H.
Annual mean wage: $290,300
Cost of living: $36,549
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn.
Annual mean wage: $257,680
Cost of living: $40,263
Burlington, N.C.
Annual mean wage: $251,590
Cost of living: $31,804
Olympia-Tumwater, Wash.
Annual mean wage: $240,290
Cost of living: $37,545
Norwich-New London-Westerley, Conn.-R.I.
Annual mean wage: $233,860
Cost of living (Norwich-New London): $34,306
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, Calif.
Annual mean wage: $231,960
Cost of living: $42,468
Akron, Ohio
Annual mean wage: $230,220
Cost of living: $31,563
Salinas, Calif.
Annual mean wage: $227,520
Cost of living: $45,807
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Wash.
Annual mean wage: $226,000
Cost of living: $35,147
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