Cost of living comparison
Austria is 4.1% cheaper than New Orleans.
If you lived in Austria instead of New Orleans, you would:
pay 15.6% less for restaurants
New Orleans
|
Austria
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$22.50
|
$15.33
€13.81
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.00
|
$10.30
€9.28
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$3.20
|
$2.98
€2.69
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.50
|
$2.26
€2.04
|
|
pay 15.9% less for groceries
New Orleans
|
Austria
|
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Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.73
|
$2.50
€2.25
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.79
|
$8.22
€7.41
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.77
|
$5.57
€5.02
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.93
|
$4.01
€3.61
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$6.41
|
$5.79
€5.22
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.45
|
$1.16
€1.05
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.86
|
$0.95
€0.86
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.42
|
$1.30
€1.18
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.38
|
$1.84
€1.66
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.49
|
$0.94
€0.85
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.48
|
$0.84
€0.75
|
|
pay 29.5% more for transportation
New Orleans
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.11
|
$6.51
€5.87
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$45.00
|
$49.62
€44.71
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$36,884.90
|
$26,063.58
€23,486.68
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$15.43
|
$19.69
€17.74
|
|
pay 9.0% less for housing
New Orleans
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$70.00
|
$36.32
€32.73
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,700.00
|
$871.49
€785.33
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,103.62
|
$685.35
€617.59
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$134.77
|
$267.95
€241.46
|
|
pay 15.2% less for childcare
New Orleans
|
Austria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,576.67
|
$469.56
€423.14
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$10,230.00
|
$14,286.41
€12,873.91
|
|
pay 21.2% less for entertainment and sports
New Orleans
|
Austria
|
||
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.00
|
$4.59
€4.14
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.33
|
$3.54
€3.19
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.00
|
$6.46
€5.82
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$66.00
|
$44.34
€39.95
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$14.50
|
$12.69
€11.43
|
|
pay 18.8% more for clothing
New Orleans
|
Austria
|
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---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$57.86
|
$85.15
€76.73
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$33.75
|
$46.34
€41.76
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.62
|
$89.08
€80.27
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$135.83
|
$125.31
€112.92
|
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