Sioux City → Cape Girardeau

Moving from Sioux City to Cape Girardeau shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 86.5 to 86.1 (100 = US average), so a Sioux City salary needs to be multiplied by 1.00 to hold the same purchasing power in Cape Girardeau. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,154/month in Sioux City to $992/month in Cape Girardeau - a lower 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 $61,732 in Sioux City versus $55,399 in Cape Girardeau - a raw gap of $6,333 lower. The Cape Girardeau labor market has 37,860 tracked jobs against 69,160 in Sioux 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 Sioux City and Cape Girardeau are 238 and 463 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 14.8:1 at origin versus 12.8:1 at destination. Our composite verdict - Less Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.