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Compiled byPlaincost Editorial, Cost Of Living Editorial Team

Data sources

Plaincost synthesizes data from these public-domain federal sources:

BEA MSA Regional Price Parities — bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities
BEA State Regional Price Parities — bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities
Bea.gov (public-data source) — apps.bea.gov
U.S. Census Bureau — data.census.gov
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — bls.gov
Bea.gov (public-data source) — bea.gov

PlainCost provides free access to cost of living data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities.

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