Cape Girardeau → Shreveport-Bossier City

Moving from Cape Girardeau to Shreveport-Bossier City shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 86.1 to 84.8 (100 = US average), so a Cape Girardeau salary needs to be multiplied by 0.98 to hold the same purchasing power in Shreveport-Bossier City. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $992/month in Cape Girardeau to $1,111/month in Shreveport-Bossier City - a higher monthly bill of $119, or $1,428/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 $55,399 in Cape Girardeau versus $57,379 in Shreveport-Bossier City - a raw gap of $1,980 higher. The Shreveport-Bossier City labor market has 154,880 tracked jobs against 37,860 in Cape Girardeau, 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 Cape Girardeau and Shreveport-Bossier City are 463 and 410 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 12.8:1 at origin versus 16.8:1 at destination. Our composite verdict - Unfavorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.