MOVEWORTH

Ranked relocation benchmark

Best cities to move to from Washington D.C.

Ranked by real 10-year net worth math, not a vibe score — every destination is run through the same simulator, scaled from a Washington D.C. software-engineer benchmark offer ($154.9K).

Top destination from Washington D.C. right now: Manchester, NH at $120k over 10 years after taxes and cost of living. 70 of 329 destinations beat staying in Washington D.C. on this benchmark.

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#1

Manchester, NH

United States

9.0

+$120k

breaks even yr 1

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#2

Newark

United States

9.0

+$118k

breaks even yr 1

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#3

Seattle

United States

9.0

+$98k

breaks even yr 1

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4St. Louis+$89kYr 19.0View →
5Buffalo+$86kYr 19.0View →
6El Paso+$85kYr 19.0View →
7Detroit+$82kYr 19.0View →
8Birmingham+$80kYr 19.0View →
9Des Moines+$79kYr 19.0View →
10Memphis+$78kYr 19.0View →
11Charlotte+$78kYr 19.0View →
12Pittsburgh+$77kYr 19.0View →
13San Jose+$74kYr 19.0View →
14Charleston, WV+$73kYr 19.0View →
15Milwaukee+$72kYr 19.0View →
16Oklahoma City+$71kYr 19.0View →
17Dubai+$71kYr 19.0View →
18Omaha+$71kYr 19.0View →
19Cheyenne+$70kYr 19.0View →
20Albuquerque+$70kYr 19.0View →
21Austin+$70kYr 19.0View →
22Boise+$68kYr 19.0View →
23Dallas+$67kYr 19.0View →
24Cincinnati+$67kYr 19.0View →
25Kansas City+$67kYr 19.0View →
26Richmond+$66kYr 19.0View →
27Providence+$64kYr 19.0View →
28Virginia Beach+$63kYr 19.0View →
29San Antonio+$61kYr 19.0View →
30Baltimore+$61kYr 19.0View →
31Tucson+$60kYr 19.0View →
32Houston+$59kYr 19.0View →
33Raleigh+$57kYr 19.0View →
34Hartford+$57kYr 19.0View →
35Jacksonville+$54kYr 19.0View →
36Philadelphia+$53kYr 19.0View →
37Wilmington+$53kYr 19.0View →
38Columbus+$53kYr 19.0View →
39Charleston, SC+$51kYr 19.0View →
40Nashville+$50kYr 18.0View →
41Sacramento+$50kYr 18.0View →
42Las Vegas+$48kYr 18.0View →
43Fort Worth+$47kYr 18.0View →
44Boston+$45kYr 18.0View →
45Tampa+$43kYr 18.0View →
46Cleveland+$42kYr 18.0View →
47Portland, ME+$40kYr 18.0View →
48Phoenix+$40kYr 18.0View →
49Louisville+$39kYr 18.0View →
50Salt Lake City+$35kYr 18.0View →
51Portland+$33kYr 18.0View →
52Abu Dhabi+$31kYr 18.0View →
53Burlington+$31kYr 18.0View →
54Atlanta+$30kYr 18.0View →
55San Francisco+$28kYr 18.0View →
56Wichita+$28kYr 18.0View →
57Fargo+$28kYr 18.0View →
58Denver+$25kYr 18.0View →
59Indianapolis+$23kYr 18.0View →
60Little Rock+$22kYr 18.0View →
61Chicago+$19kYr 18.0View →
62New Orleans+$19kYr 18.0View →
63San Diego+$18kYr 18.0View →
64Sioux Falls+$14kYr 18.0View →
65Miami+$13kYr 18.0View →
66Billings+$13kYr 18.0View →
67Los Angeles+$6kYr 18.0View →
68Jackson+$3kYr 18.0View →
69Zurich+$2kYr 66.0View →
70Minneapolis+$2kYr 18.0View →
71New York-$6kNever1.0View →
72Anchorage-$9kYr 17.0View →
73Singapore-$12kNever1.0View →
74Geneva-$27kNever1.0View →
75Bern-$27kNever1.0View →
76Honolulu-$30kNever1.0View →
77Monaco-$33kNever1.0View →
78Doha-$38kNever1.0View →
79Luxembourg City-$45kNever1.0View →
80Sofia-$53kNever0.0View →
81Riyadh-$57kNever0.0View →
82Jeddah-$57kNever0.0View →
83Hong Kong-$65kNever0.0View →
84Kuwait City-$68kNever0.0View →
85Manama-$74kNever0.0View →
86Vienna-$77kNever0.0View →
87Valletta-$82kNever0.0View →
88Brussels-$83kNever0.0View →
89Antwerp-$83kNever0.0View →
90Toronto-$85kNever0.0View →
91Tel Aviv-$87kNever0.0View →
92Sydney-$89kNever0.0View →
93Nicosia-$90kNever0.0View →
94Taipei-$91kNever0.0View →
95Ljubljana-$91kNever0.0View →
96Vilnius-$93kNever0.0View →
97Melbourne-$93kNever0.0View →
98Warsaw-$98kNever0.0View →
99Kuala Lumpur-$98kNever0.0View →
100Almaty-$98kNever0.0View →
101Astana-$98kNever0.0View →
102Jerusalem-$99kNever0.0View →
103Copenhagen-$99kNever0.0View →
104Aarhus-$99kNever0.0View →
105Muscat-$100kNever0.0View →
106Helsinki-$100kNever0.0View →
107Tampere-$100kNever0.0View →
108Zagreb-$101kNever0.0View →
109Minsk-$101kNever0.0View →
110Bucharest-$102kNever0.0View →
111–115

5 Australia citiescountry-level estimate

BrisbanePerthAdelaideGold CoastCanberra

-$105kNever0.0—
116Panama City-$107kNever0.0View →
117–120

4 Turkey citiescountry-level estimate

IstanbulAnkaraİzmirAntalya

-$107kNever0.0—
121Budapest-$109kNever0.0View →
122Bratislava-$110kNever0.0View →
123Riga-$110kNever0.0View →
124Kraków-$110kNever0.0View →
125Wrocław-$110kNever0.0View →
126Manchester-$111kNever0.0View →
127–132

6 Canada citiescountry-level estimate

MontrealCalgaryOttawaEdmontonWinnipegQuebec City

-$112kNever0.0—
133Bangalore-$113kNever0.0View →
134Vancouver-$113kNever0.0View →
135Seoul-$115kNever0.0View →
136Athens-$115kNever0.0View →
137Santo Domingo-$117kNever0.0View →
138Tallinn-$118kNever0.0View →
139Santiago-$118kNever0.0View →
140Prague-$120kNever0.0View →
141London-$120kNever0.0View →
142Bangkok-$121kNever0.0View →
143Chiang Mai-$121kNever0.0View →
144–154

11 China citiescountry-level estimate

BeijingShanghaiGuangzhouShenzhenChengduChongqingWuhanNanjingHangzhouTianjinXi'an

-$122kNever0.0—
155Baku-$122kNever0.0View →
156Busan-$125kNever0.0View →
157Incheon-$125kNever0.0View →
158Port of Spain-$125kNever0.0View →
159Colombo-$126kNever0.0View →
160–163

4 United Kingdom citiescountry-level estimate

BirminghamBristolLeedsLiverpool

-$126kNever0.0—
164Tripoli-$127kNever0.0View →
165Kyiv-$128kNever0.0View →
166Johannesburg-$129kNever0.0View →
167Tbilisi-$129kNever0.0View →
168Skopje-$129kNever0.0View →
169Yerevan-$131kNever0.0View →
170Mexico City-$131kNever0.0View →
171Tehran-$131kNever0.0View →
172Algiers-$132kNever0.0View →
173Belgrade-$132kNever0.0View →
174Ulaanbaatar-$132kNever0.0View →
175Reykjavik-$134kNever0.0View →
176Hanoi-$134kNever0.0View →
177Ho Chi Minh City-$134kNever0.0View →
178Sarajevo-$135kNever0.0View →
179–186

8 India citiescountry-level estimate

DelhiHyderabadChennaiKolkataPuneAhmedabadJaipurSurat

-$136kNever0.0—
187Edinburgh-$136kNever0.0View →
188Glasgow-$136kNever0.0View →
189Jakarta-$136kNever0.0View →
190Bali (Denpasar)-$136kNever0.0View →
191–194

4 Mexico citiescountry-level estimate

GuadalajaraMonterreyPueblaTijuana

-$137kNever0.0—
195Cairo-$137kNever0.0View →
196Alexandria-$137kNever0.0View →
197Tirana-$137kNever0.0View →
198Buenos Aires-$138kNever0.0View →
199Auckland-$138kNever0.0View →
200Gaborone-$139kNever0.0View →
201San José-$139kNever0.0View →
202Durban-$139kNever0.0View →
203Pretoria-$139kNever0.0View →
204Asunción-$139kNever0.0View →
205Cape Town-$140kNever0.0View →
206Bogotá-$141kNever0.0View →
207Tashkent-$142kNever0.0View →
208Montevideo-$142kNever0.0View →
209Berlin-$142kNever0.0View →
210Córdoba-$143kNever0.0View →
211Rosario-$143kNever0.0View →
212Munich-$143kNever0.0View →
213Harare-$143kNever0.0View →
214Suva-$144kNever0.0View →
215Havana-$145kNever0.0View →
216Tunis-$146kNever0.0View →
217Wellington-$146kNever0.0View →
218Christchurch-$146kNever0.0View →
219Medellín-$146kNever0.0View →
220Cali-$146kNever0.0View →
221Mumbai-$147kNever0.0View →
222Frankfurt-$147kNever0.0View →
223São Paulo-$147kNever0.0View →
224Manila-$148kNever0.0View →
225Tokyo-$151kNever0.0View →
226–229

4 Germany citiescountry-level estimate

HamburgCologneStuttgartDüsseldorf

-$151kNever0.0—
230Libreville-$152kNever0.0View →
231Quito-$152kNever0.0View →
232Guayaquil-$152kNever0.0View →
233–239

7 Brazil citiescountry-level estimate

Rio de JaneiroBrasíliaFortalezaBelo HorizonteManausCuritibaPorto Alegre

-$152kNever0.0—
240Dhaka-$153kNever0.0View →
241Guatemala City-$154kNever0.0View →
242Baghdad-$155kNever0.0View →
243–246

4 Japan citiescountry-level estimate

OsakaKyotoSapporoFukuoka

-$155kNever0.0—
247Amsterdam-$155kNever0.0View →
248Chișinău-$155kNever0.0View →
249Dublin-$156kNever0.0View →
250La Paz-$157kNever0.0View →
251San Juan-$157kNever0.0View →
252Oslo-$157kNever0.0View →
253Lima-$157kNever0.0View →
254Madrid-$157kNever0.0View →
255–258

4 Netherlands citiescountry-level estimate

RotterdamThe HagueEindhovenUtrecht

-$158kNever0.0—
259Amman-$158kNever0.0View →
260–262

3 Pakistan citiescountry-level estimate

KarachiLahoreIslamabad

-$158kNever0.0—
263Paris-$158kNever0.0View →
264Bishkek-$158kNever0.0View →
265Barcelona-$158kNever0.0View →
266Vientiane-$158kNever0.0View →
267Windhoek-$158kNever0.0View →
268Kathmandu-$158kNever0.0View →
269–271

3 Nigeria citiescountry-level estimate

LagosAbujaKano

-$158kNever0.0—
272–274

3 Morocco citiescountry-level estimate

CasablancaMarrakechRabat

-$158kNever0.0—
275Bergen-$159kNever0.0View →
276Trondheim-$159kNever0.0View →
277–279

3 Spain citiescountry-level estimate

SevilleValenciaBilbao

-$159kNever0.0—
280Stockholm-$159kNever0.0View →
281–286

6 France citiescountry-level estimate

LyonMarseilleToulouseNiceNantesBordeaux

-$159kNever0.0—
287Kingston-$159kNever0.0View →
288Caracas-$159kNever0.0View →
289–295

7 Italy citiescountry-level estimate

RomeMilanNaplesTurinFlorenceVeniceBologna

-$159kNever0.0—
296Gothenburg-$159kNever0.0View →
297Malmö-$159kNever0.0View →
298Lisbon-$159kNever0.0View →
299Porto-$159kNever0.0View →
300Beirut-$159kNever0.0View →
301Phnom Penh-$159kNever0.0View →
302Yangon-$159kNever0.0View →
303Kabul-$159kNever0.0View →
304Naypyidaw-$159kNever0.0View →
305Kinshasa-$159kNever0.0View →
306Luanda-$159kNever0.0View →
307Dar es Salaam-$159kNever0.0View →
308Nairobi-$159kNever0.0View →
309Mombasa-$159kNever0.0View →
310Addis Ababa-$159kNever0.0View →
311Khartoum-$159kNever0.0View →
312Accra-$159kNever0.0View →
313Abidjan-$159kNever0.0View →
314Dakar-$159kNever0.0View →
315Kampala-$159kNever0.0View →
316Kigali-$159kNever0.0View →
317Lusaka-$159kNever0.0View →
318Maputo-$159kNever0.0View →
319Antananarivo-$159kNever0.0View →
320Bamako-$159kNever0.0View →
321Yaoundé-$159kNever0.0View →
322Douala-$159kNever0.0View →
323Brazzaville-$159kNever0.0View →
324Mogadishu-$159kNever0.0View →
325Djibouti City-$159kNever0.0View →
326Asmara-$159kNever0.0View →
327Lilongwe-$159kNever0.0View →
328Port Moresby-$159kNever0.0View →
329Papeete-$159kNever0.0View →

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