Brunswick-St. Simons → Great Falls

Moving from Brunswick-St. Simons to Great Falls shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 87.7 to 96.8 (100 = US average), so a Brunswick-St. Simons salary needs to be multiplied by 1.10 to hold the same purchasing power in Great Falls. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,293/month in Brunswick-St. Simons to $1,284/month in Great Falls - a lower monthly bill of $9, or $108/year. That rent delta alone is often the single biggest line item when relocating.

Wages tell the other half. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report a median salary of $56,638 in Brunswick-St. Simons versus $60,566 in Great Falls - a raw gap of $3,928 higher. The Great Falls labor market has 31,100 tracked jobs against 39,810 in Brunswick-St. Simons, shaping how easy it is to find a comparable role. Combine that with the cost-of-living shift above and you get the real purchasing-power delta, sometimes a "higher salary" is actually a pay cut once rent and RPP are applied.

Safety, schools, and childcare round out the move. FBI UCR violent crime rates near Brunswick-St. Simons and Great Falls are 300 and 426 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 14.4:1 at origin versus 11.8:1 at destination. DOL center-based infant care costs $6,591/year in Brunswick-St. Simons versus $11,466/year in Great Falls. Our composite verdict - Neutral — Depends on Priorities - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.