Cost of living comparison
Italy is 19.4% cheaper than Pennsylvania.
If you lived in Italy instead of Pennsylvania, you would:
pay 6.9% less for restaurants
Pennsylvania
|
Italy
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$19.53
|
$16.15
€15.07
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$9.30
|
$10.06
€9.39
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.27
|
$2.55
€2.38
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.76
|
$1.22
€1.14
|
|
pay 23.2% less for groceries
Pennsylvania
|
Italy
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.25
|
$2.04
€1.91
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.37
|
$6.83
€6.37
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.35
|
$5.53
€5.16
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.27
|
$3.41
€3.18
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.36
|
$5.05
€4.71
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.43
|
$0.97
€0.90
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.72
|
$0.85
€0.79
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.19
|
$1.04
€0.97
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.35
|
$1.31
€1.22
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.41
|
$0.76
€0.71
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.45
|
$0.71
€0.66
|
|
pay 10.3% more for transportation
Pennsylvania
|
Italy
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.58
|
$7.22
€6.74
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$66.58
|
$38.81
€36.21
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$31,817.25
|
$28,223.13
€26,331.22
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$20.67
|
$19.13
€17.85
|
|
pay 38.0% less for housing
Pennsylvania
|
Italy
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$62.16
|
$28.87
€26.94
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,357.77
|
$656.19
€612.20
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,179.21
|
$511.91
€477.60
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$136.88
|
$150.39
€140.31
|
|
pay 69.6% less for childcare
Pennsylvania
|
Italy
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,481.93
|
$508.72
€474.62
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$35,614.17
|
$9,465.55
€8,831.03
|
|
pay 20.5% less for entertainment and sports
Pennsylvania
|
Italy
|
||
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.58
|
$5.01
€4.68
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.03
|
$1.69
€1.57
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$11.13
|
$6.20
€5.78
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$34.60
|
$52.12
€48.63
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$13.87
|
$9.39
€8.76
|
|
pay 12.0% more for clothing
Pennsylvania
|
Italy
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$53.27
|
$78.41
€73.16
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$39.31
|
$33.87
€31.60
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.69
|
$86.07
€80.30
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$103.12
|
$115.43
€107.69
|
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