Milwaukee-Waukesha → Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek

Moving from Milwaukee-Waukesha to Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 96.9 to 92.7 (100 = US average), so a Milwaukee-Waukesha salary needs to be multiplied by 0.96 to hold the same purchasing power in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,338/month in Milwaukee-Waukesha to $1,273/month in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek - a lower monthly bill of $65, or $780/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 $71,499 in Milwaukee-Waukesha versus $68,046 in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek - a raw gap of $3,453 lower. The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek labor market has 365,260 tracked jobs against 800,340 in Milwaukee-Waukesha, 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha and Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek are 280 and 293 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 14.4:1 at origin versus 18.2:1 at destination. DOL center-based infant care costs $11,256/year in Milwaukee-Waukesha versus $11,791/year in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek. Our composite verdict - Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.