Shreveport-Bossier City → Cape Girardeau

Moving from Shreveport-Bossier City to Cape Girardeau shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 84.8 to 86.1 (100 = US average), so a Shreveport-Bossier City salary needs to be multiplied by 1.02 to hold the same purchasing power in Cape Girardeau. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,111/month in Shreveport-Bossier City to $992/month in Cape Girardeau - a lower 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 $57,379 in Shreveport-Bossier City versus $55,399 in Cape Girardeau - a raw gap of $1,980 lower. The Cape Girardeau labor market has 37,860 tracked jobs against 154,880 in Shreveport-Bossier City, 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 Shreveport-Bossier City and Cape Girardeau are 410 and 463 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 16.8:1 at origin versus 12.8:1 at destination. Our composite verdict - Strongly Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.