Kingston → Sioux City

Moving from Kingston to Sioux City shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 100.7 to 86.5 (100 = US average), so a Kingston salary needs to be multiplied by 0.86 to hold the same purchasing power in Sioux City. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,818/month in Kingston to $1,154/month in Sioux City - a lower monthly bill of $664, or $7,968/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 $66,733 in Kingston versus $61,732 in Sioux City - a raw gap of $5,001 lower. The Sioux City labor market has 69,160 tracked jobs against 52,520 in Kingston, 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 Kingston and Sioux City are 380 and 238 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 11.8:1 at origin versus 14.8:1 at destination. DOL center-based infant care costs $13,869/year in Kingston versus $8,306/year in Sioux City. Our composite verdict - Strongly Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.