US cost-of-living index

State cost-of-living from BEA Regional Price Parities (all items, US = 100).

Version 1 · reviewed by HI · updated 2026-06-04

How it's calculated

Pull all-items Regional Price Parities by state from BEA
Express each state relative to the US average (= 100)
Attach the BEA reference year; refresh annually

Assumptions

All-items RPP (apparel, food, housing, medical, transport, etc.)

Limitations

v0 snapshot covers 7 states; full 50-state table via the ingestion pipeline

Sources

U.S. BEA — Regional Price Parities — authority 94/100

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