Cape Girardeau → Sioux City

Moving from Cape Girardeau to Sioux City shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 86.1 to 86.5 (100 = US average), so a Cape Girardeau salary needs to be multiplied by 1.00 to hold the same purchasing power in Sioux City. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $992/month in Cape Girardeau to $1,154/month in Sioux City - a higher monthly bill of $162, or $1,944/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 $61,732 in Sioux City - a raw gap of $6,333 higher. The Sioux City labor market has 69,160 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 Sioux City are 463 and 238 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 12.8:1 at origin versus 14.8:1 at destination. Our composite verdict - Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.