Ranked relocation benchmark
Best cities to move to from Detroit
Ranked by real 10-year net worth math, not a vibe score — every destination is run through the same simulator, scaled from a Detroit software-engineer benchmark offer ($130.8K).
Top destination from Detroit right now: Manchester, NH at $38k over 10 years after taxes and cost of living. 6 of 329 destinations beat staying in Detroit on this benchmark.
| # | City | Net delta | Break-even | Score | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | St. Louis | +$7k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 5 | Buffalo | +$4k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 6 | El Paso | +$2k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 7 | Birmingham | -$3k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 8 | Des Moines | -$3k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 9 | Memphis | -$4k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 10 | Charlotte | -$4k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | -$5k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 12 | San Jose | -$8k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 13 | Charleston, WV | -$9k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 14 | Milwaukee | -$10k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 15 | Oklahoma City | -$11k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 16 | Dubai | -$11k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 17 | Omaha | -$11k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 18 | Cheyenne | -$12k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 19 | Albuquerque | -$12k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 20 | Austin | -$13k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 21 | Boise | -$14k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 22 | Dallas | -$15k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 23 | Cincinnati | -$15k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 24 | Kansas City | -$15k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 25 | Richmond | -$16k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 26 | Providence | -$18k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 27 | Virginia Beach | -$19k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 28 | San Antonio | -$21k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 29 | Baltimore | -$21k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 30 | Tucson | -$22k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 31 | Houston | -$23k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 32 | Raleigh | -$25k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 33 | Hartford | -$25k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 34 | Jacksonville | -$28k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 35 | Philadelphia | -$29k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 36 | Wilmington | -$29k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 37 | Columbus | -$29k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 38 | Charleston, SC | -$31k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 39 | Nashville | -$33k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 40 | Sacramento | -$33k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 41 | Las Vegas | -$34k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 42 | Fort Worth | -$35k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 43 | Boston | -$37k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 44 | Tampa | -$39k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 45 | Cleveland | -$40k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 46 | Portland, ME | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 47 | Phoenix | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 48 | Louisville | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 49 | Salt Lake City | -$48k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 50 | Portland | -$50k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 51 | Abu Dhabi | -$51k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 52 | Burlington | -$52k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 53 | Atlanta | -$52k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 54 | San Francisco | -$54k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 55 | Wichita | -$55k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 56 | Fargo | -$55k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 57 | Denver | -$57k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 58 | Indianapolis | -$59k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 59 | Little Rock | -$60k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 60 | Chicago | -$63k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 61 | New Orleans | -$64k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 62 | San Diego | -$64k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 63 | Sioux Falls | -$68k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 64 | Miami | -$70k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 65 | Billings | -$70k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 66 | Los Angeles | -$76k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 67 | Jackson | -$79k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 68 | Zurich | -$80k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 69 | Minneapolis | -$81k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 70 | Washington D.C. | -$82k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 71 | New York | -$89k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 72 | Anchorage | -$91k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 73 | Singapore | -$95k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 74 | Geneva | -$109k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 75 | Bern | -$109k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 76 | Honolulu | -$113k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 77 | Monaco | -$115k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 78 | Doha | -$120k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 79 | Luxembourg City | -$127k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 80 | Sofia | -$135k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 81 | Riyadh | -$139k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 82 | Jeddah | -$139k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 83 | Hong Kong | -$147k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 84 | Kuwait City | -$151k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 85 | Manama | -$156k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 86 | Vienna | -$159k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 87 | Valletta | -$164k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 88 | Brussels | -$166k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 89 | Antwerp | -$166k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 90 | Toronto | -$168k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 91 | Tel Aviv | -$169k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 92 | Sydney | -$171k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 93 | Nicosia | -$172k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 94 | Taipei | -$173k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 95 | Ljubljana | -$173k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 96 | Vilnius | -$175k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 97 | Melbourne | -$175k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 98 | Warsaw | -$180k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 99 | Kuala Lumpur | -$180k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 100 | Almaty | -$180k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 101 | Astana | -$180k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 102 | Jerusalem | -$181k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 103 | Copenhagen | -$181k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 104 | Aarhus | -$181k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 105 | Muscat | -$182k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 106 | Helsinki | -$182k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 107 | Tampere | -$182k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 108 | Zagreb | -$183k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 109 | Minsk | -$183k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 110 | Bucharest | -$184k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 111–115 | 5 Australia citiescountry-level estimate | -$187k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 116 | Panama City | -$189k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 117–120 | 4 Turkey citiescountry-level estimate | -$189k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 121 | Budapest | -$191k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 122 | Bratislava | -$192k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 123 | Riga | -$192k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 124 | Kraków | -$192k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 125 | Wrocław | -$192k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 126 | Manchester | -$193k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 127–132 | 6 Canada citiescountry-level estimate | -$194k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 133 | Bangalore | -$195k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 134 | Vancouver | -$196k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 135 | Seoul | -$197k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 136 | Athens | -$198k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 137 | Santo Domingo | -$200k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 138 | Tallinn | -$200k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 139 | Santiago | -$200k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 140 | Prague | -$202k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 141 | London | -$202k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 142 | Bangkok | -$203k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 143 | Chiang Mai | -$203k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 144–154 | 11 China citiescountry-level estimate BeijingShanghaiGuangzhouShenzhenChengduChongqingWuhanNanjingHangzhouTianjinXi'an | -$204k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 155 | Baku | -$204k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 156 | Busan | -$207k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 157 | Incheon | -$207k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 158 | Port of Spain | -$207k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 159 | Colombo | -$208k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 160–163 | 4 United Kingdom citiescountry-level estimate | -$208k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 164 | Tripoli | -$209k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 165 | Kyiv | -$210k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 166 | Johannesburg | -$211k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 167 | Tbilisi | -$211k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 168 | Skopje | -$211k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 169 | Yerevan | -$213k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 170 | Mexico City | -$213k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 171 | Tehran | -$213k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 172 | Algiers | -$214k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 173 | Belgrade | -$214k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 174 | Ulaanbaatar | -$215k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 175 | Reykjavik | -$217k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 176 | Hanoi | -$217k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 177 | Ho Chi Minh City | -$217k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 178 | Sarajevo | -$217k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 179–186 | 8 India citiescountry-level estimate | -$218k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 187 | Edinburgh | -$218k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 188 | Glasgow | -$218k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 189 | Jakarta | -$218k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 190 | Bali (Denpasar) | -$218k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 191–194 | 4 Mexico citiescountry-level estimate | -$219k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 195 | Cairo | -$219k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 196 | Alexandria | -$219k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 197 | Tirana | -$219k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 198 | Buenos Aires | -$220k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 199 | Auckland | -$220k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 200 | Gaborone | -$221k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 201 | San José | -$221k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 202 | Durban | -$221k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 203 | Pretoria | -$221k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 204 | Asunción | -$222k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 205 | Cape Town | -$222k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 206 | Bogotá | -$223k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 207 | Tashkent | -$224k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 208 | Montevideo | -$224k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 209 | Berlin | -$224k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 210 | Córdoba | -$225k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 211 | Rosario | -$225k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 212 | Munich | -$225k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 213 | Harare | -$225k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 214 | Suva | -$226k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 215 | Havana | -$227k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 216 | Tunis | -$228k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 217 | Wellington | -$228k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 218 | Christchurch | -$228k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 219 | Medellín | -$228k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 220 | Cali | -$228k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 221 | Mumbai | -$229k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 222 | Frankfurt | -$229k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 223 | São Paulo | -$230k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 224 | Manila | -$230k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 225 | Tokyo | -$233k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 226–229 | 4 Germany citiescountry-level estimate | -$233k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 230 | Libreville | -$234k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 231 | Quito | -$234k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 232 | Guayaquil | -$234k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 233–239 | 7 Brazil citiescountry-level estimate Rio de JaneiroBrasíliaFortalezaBelo HorizonteManausCuritibaPorto Alegre | -$234k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 240 | Dhaka | -$235k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 241 | Guatemala City | -$236k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 242 | Baghdad | -$237k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 243–246 | 4 Japan citiescountry-level estimate | -$237k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 247 | Amsterdam | -$237k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 248 | Chișinău | -$238k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 249 | Dublin | -$238k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 250 | La Paz | -$239k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 251 | San Juan | -$239k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 252 | Oslo | -$239k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 253 | Lima | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 254 | Madrid | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 255–258 | 4 Netherlands citiescountry-level estimate | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 259 | Amman | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 260–262 | 3 Pakistan citiescountry-level estimate | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 263 | Paris | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 264 | Bishkek | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 265 | Barcelona | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 266 | Vientiane | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 267 | Windhoek | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 268 | Kathmandu | -$240k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 269–271 | 3 Nigeria citiescountry-level estimate | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 272–274 | 3 Morocco citiescountry-level estimate | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 275 | Bergen | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 276 | Trondheim | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 277–279 | 3 Spain citiescountry-level estimate | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 280 | Stockholm | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 281–286 | 6 France citiescountry-level estimate | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 287 | Kingston | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 288 | Caracas | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 289–295 | 7 Italy citiescountry-level estimate | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | — |
| 296 | Gothenburg | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 297 | Malmö | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 298 | Lisbon | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 299 | Porto | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 300 | Beirut | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 301 | Phnom Penh | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 302 | Yangon | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 303 | Kabul | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 304 | Naypyidaw | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 305 | Kinshasa | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 306 | Luanda | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 307 | Dar es Salaam | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 308 | Nairobi | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 309 | Mombasa | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 310 | Addis Ababa | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 311 | Khartoum | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 312 | Accra | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 313 | Abidjan | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 314 | Dakar | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 315 | Kampala | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 316 | Kigali | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 317 | Lusaka | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 318 | Maputo | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 319 | Antananarivo | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 320 | Bamako | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 321 | Yaoundé | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 322 | Douala | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 323 | Brazzaville | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 324 | Mogadishu | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 325 | Djibouti City | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 326 | Asmara | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 327 | Lilongwe | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 328 | Port Moresby | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
| 329 | Papeete | -$241k | Never | 0.0 | View → |
Salary and spend for each destination are estimated from Detroit's market benchmarks, scaled by role and cost-of-living ratios — not a real offer. Confirm your actual numbers before deciding.
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