Cost of living comparison
Illinois is 85.6% more expensive than Estonia.
If you lived in Illinois instead of Estonia, you would:
pay 27.6% more for restaurants
Estonia
|
Illinois
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.80
€8.25
|
$16.52
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.18
€6.73
|
$8.98
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.07
€1.94
|
$2.01
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.63
€1.53
|
$1.64
|
|
pay 80.0% more for groceries
Estonia
|
Illinois
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.09
€1.02
|
$2.88
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.82
€4.52
|
$4.96
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.70
€3.47
|
$3.39
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.30
€2.16
|
$3.83
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.18
€2.98
|
$4.36
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.85
€0.79
|
$1.96
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.60
€0.57
|
$0.70
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.00
€0.94
|
$1.84
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.24
€1.16
|
$1.75
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.44
€0.41
|
$1.12
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.44
€0.41
|
$1.27
|
|
pay 73.8% more for transportation
Estonia
|
Illinois
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.27
€6.82
|
$3.73
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$23.31
€21.86
|
$85.20
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,266.22
€21,820.60
|
$25,072.52
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$9.59
€8.99
|
$16.37
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for housing
Estonia
|
Illinois
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$27.10
€25.42
|
$63.28
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$423.38
€397.07
|
$1,273.55
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$342.21
€320.95
|
$1,019.22
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$207.34
€194.46
|
$127.01
|
|
pay 3.8 times more for childcare
Estonia
|
Illinois
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$188.83
€177.10
|
$1,216.39
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$11,455.31
€10,743.55
|
$13,033.13
|
|
pay 27.6% more for entertainment and sports
Estonia
|
Illinois
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.34
€4.07
|
$4.94
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.02
€2.83
|
$3.95
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.39
€5.05
|
$9.52
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$47.88
€44.90
|
$39.16
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.34
€7.82
|
$11.22
|
|
pay 12.2% less for clothing
Estonia
|
Illinois
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$83.50
€78.31
|
$45.75
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$34.16
€32.04
|
$33.86
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$79.54
€74.59
|
$75.45
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$103.03
€96.63
|
$105.59
|
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