My wife and I are considering a move to the Lincoln area. We don't have children and are not heavily in debt. How much income will we need to live comfortably? TIA
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What is comfortable to you? A combined income of 80K would have you in decent shape but 100K< would have you "comfortable" in Lincoln IMO.
You could drop $65 at a real nice steak house here in Lincoln or you can drop $120. It all depends on what your lifestyle is. But you could live pretty good even under Swiss's numbers.
Where do you live now? Littleton, CO? If we know the city you currently live in that would help us out.
I'd say in general, compared to Omaha, the Lincoln cost of living is higher and the job opportunities are much fewer. Not sure if either are a factor to you.
My bad, should have been more specific. We are both non-drinkers, non smokers. We would be fine renting or buying a condo. Our lifestyle is not extravagant in any way. My question was more about salary negotiation as I don't know what is fair pay in the Lincoln area. Maybe this will help. In 2013-14 we made about 75,000 in Denver and were fine. TIA
You'd do fine then. Lincoln is very reasonable for cost of living. My recommendation would be to jump on zillow.com and get an idea for what the kind of housing you want costs. Once you know what your mortgage/rent is going to be, the rest is easy to figure out. Compared to Denver, you're going to find Lincoln to be cheap.
If you make $75,000 living in apartment you'll live like a king here in Lincoln
I don't know your background and others may disagree or times may have changed, but an out-of-towner looking for a $75K job in Lincoln won't be easy. Local firms hire all the UNL grads right out of school, and then no one ever leaves.
Pretty close to spot on. But I would think he probably has a job opportunity waiting for him that's why he wants to know.
I made the move last year from Lincoln to Des Moines... I know right 
I found this site to be pretty helpful http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/
Says you would need to make around 62K in Lincoln to compare to your 75K salary in Denver.
I found this site to be pretty helpful http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/
Says you would need to make around 62K in Lincoln to compare to your 75K salary in Denver.
I made the move last year from Lincoln to Des Moines... I know right
I found this site to be pretty helpful http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/
Says you would need to make around 62K in Lincoln to compare to your 75K salary in Denver.
Yet again... just ask rover.
