Reading, PA

CBSA: 39740 · Data year: 2024

97.1

Overall

100.7

Goods

108.2

Services

85.4

Rents

Price Index vs National Average (100)

Overall 97.1

Goods 100.7

Services 108.2

Rents 85.4

Vertical line = national average (100)

A $100,000 salary at the national average cost of living equals:

$97,060

in Reading, PA purchasing power

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Year	Overall	Goods	Services	Rents
2008	99.0	101.0	111.9	85.6
2009	99.3	101.1	115.2	87.1
2010	98.1	98.0	109.9	90.0
2011	97.6	97.8	112.3	90.1
2012	97.8	97.6	106.1	93.3
2013	99.9	97.8	105.5	98.3
2014	97.3	97.9	104.4	93.2
2015	98.1	99.3	103.9	87.4
2016	98.7	98.4	107.2	89.9
2017	99.0	99.4	111.7	84.4
2018	98.4	100.4	114.7	92.8
2019	97.4	97.1	115.7	89.5
2020	96.0	98.8	112.9	79.1
2021	96.1	95.7	110.7	83.1
2022	96.3	97.6	110.8	90.2
2023	96.5	98.3	118.6	82.7
2024	97.1	100.7	108.2	85.4

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities by Metropolitan Statistical Area. Index where national average = 100.