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Wellington vs. Jersey City Cost of Living Summary

Wellington is 14.4% cheaper than Jersey City.

Restaurants: pay 7.5% less in Wellington
Groceries: pay 20.3% less in Wellington
Transportation: pay 11.9% more in Wellington
Housing: pay 34.2% less in Wellington
Childcare: pay 57.1% less in Wellington
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.4% less in Wellington
Clothing: pay 7.8% more in Wellington

The cost of transportation and clothing in Wellington are more expensive than in Jersey City. Expenses including childcare, housing, groceries, restaurants, and entertainment and sports are lower in Wellington.

Wellington vs. Jersey City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Wellington instead of Jersey City, you would:

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pay 7.5% less for restaurants

	Jersey City	Wellington
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00	$14.42 NZ$24.97	-19.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.00	$9.23 NZ$15.98	-29.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.28	$2.46 NZ$4.26	+7.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.78	$1.98 NZ$3.42	+11.1%
Average			-7.5%

Jersey City vs. Wellington - Cost of restaurants

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pay 20.3% less for groceries

	Jersey City	Wellington
Bread 1 loaf	$4.05	$1.98 NZ$3.42	-51.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.73	$4.02 NZ$6.96	-53.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.83	$6.79 NZ$11.75	+40.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.33	$6.77 NZ$11.73	+27.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.62	$4.77 NZ$8.26	-15.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.87	$1.36 NZ$2.36	-52.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.89	$1.01 NZ$1.75	+13.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.16	$1.33 NZ$2.30	-38.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.37	$2.32 NZ$4.01	-2.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.41	$0.90 NZ$1.55	-36.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.51	$0.68 NZ$1.17	-55.1%
Average			-20.3%

Jersey City vs. Wellington - Cost of groceries

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pay 11.9% more for transportation

	Jersey City	Wellington
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.30	$6.14 NZ$10.63	+86.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$110.00	$109.62 NZ$189.75	-0.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,911.24	$31,154.21 NZ$53,928.03	-13.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$19.40	$14.55 NZ$25.19	-25.0%
Average			+11.9%

Jersey City vs. Wellington - Cost of transportation

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pay 34.2% less for housing

	Jersey City	Wellington
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$63.75	$48.75 NZ$84.39	-23.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$3,437.50	$1,240.57 NZ$2,147.43	-63.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,442.86	$1,099.37 NZ$1,903.02	-55.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$103.54	$109.37 NZ$189.31	+5.6%
Average			-34.2%

Jersey City vs. Wellington - Cost of housing

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pay 57.1% less for childcare

	Jersey City	Wellington
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,250.00	$768.47 NZ$1,330.22	-65.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,666.67	$12,211.68 NZ$21,138.46	-48.4%
Average			-57.1%

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pay 1.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Jersey City	Wellington
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.00	$6.63 NZ$11.48	-5.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.50	$3.54 NZ$6.13	-35.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$11.98	$25.67 NZ$44.44	+114.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$66.00	$34.12 NZ$59.06	-48.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$17.00	$11.54 NZ$19.97	-32.1%
Average			-1.4%

Jersey City vs. Wellington - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 7.8% more for clothing

	Jersey City	Wellington
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$67.90	$69.31 NZ$119.97	+2.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$63.33	$46.64 NZ$80.73	-26.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$77.50	$113.30 NZ$196.13	+46.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$133.75	$146.23 NZ$253.12	+9.3%
Average			+7.8%

Jersey City vs. Wellington - Cost of clothing

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