Kansas maintains an affordability advantage with a cost of living 12.5% below the U.S. average. The state offers a variety of living environments, from its vast flat plains to the rolling Flint Hills.

Using data from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, GOBankingRates determined the cost-of-living index in each state compared to the overall ...

The average American spends $270.21 each week on groceries, according to US Census data ... the average weekly spending of a ...

Yet, data shows that retirees don't appear to put much weight into a state's cost of living when deciding where to spend their retirement years. New research from GOBankingRates analyzed how long ...

Physician assistants in California earn more than PAs in other states at an average salary of $161,980 per year and an average hourly wage of $77.88. Indiana has the highest hourly mean wage for the ...

Nurse practitioners in California earn more than NPs in other states at an average salary of $173,190 per year and an average hourly wage of $83.26. Iowa has the highest hourly mean wage for the ...

You’ll need to make more than six figures a year to live comfortably in the Golden State, GoBankingRates said.

But has any generation really had an advantage when it comes to the cost of living? The ConsumerAffairs ... the long lines at gas stations and state-mandated rationing caused by the oil crisis ...

Planning a move to another town, city or state? The biggest factors in any move are the standard of living and what salary you’ll need to make in order to reach that standard. Our cost of living ...

With Florida's substantial budget surplus, worker advocates call for lawmakers to restore cost-of-living adjustments to ...