Home / Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other / Best Cities Best Cities for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Others Cities ranked by purchasing power — where textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all others get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Washington State 1.70 $67,890 $63,271 34% 2 Maine State 1.48 $55,160 $55,271 28% 3 Oklahoma State 1.36 $45,020 $50,870 26% 4 New York State 1.29 $54,040 $48,036 41% 5 Indiana State 1.28 $43,340 $47,890 29% 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro 1.28 $51,880 $47,816 47% 7 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro 1.26 $44,910 $46,879 40% 8 Illinois State 1.17 $42,370 $43,501 37% 9 South Carolina State 1.17 $39,960 $43,435 38% 10 New Hampshire State 1.16 $45,650 $43,066 42% 11 Florida State 1.15 $43,330 $42,690 48% 12 Rhode Island State 1.11 $41,670 $41,463 43% 13 Nebraska State 1.10 $37,410 $40,885 34% 14 Ohio State 1.10 $37,200 $41,150 34% 15 Colorado State 1.09 $42,640 $40,455 52% 16 Missouri State 1.09 $36,060 $40,700 34% 17 Pennsylvania State 1.09 $39,470 $40,691 39% 18 Alabama State 1.08 $35,090 $40,287 33% 19 Tennessee State 1.07 $36,440 $39,825 41% 20 North Carolina State 1.06 $37,280 $39,492 42% 21 Arkansas State 1.05 $33,710 $39,061 31% 22 Georgia State 1.05 $36,510 $39,090 47% 23 Wisconsin State 1.05 $36,290 $39,317 36% 24 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro 1.05 $44,500 $39,207 69% 25 Connecticut State 1.03 $41,360 $38,439 45% 26 Utah State 1.02 $38,260 $38,184 47% 27 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro 1.02 $36,440 $37,879 51% 28 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 1.01 $36,510 $37,717 53% 29 Mississippi State 1.00 $31,530 $37,182 34% 30 Nevada State 1.00 $37,520 $37,445 46% 31 Oregon State 1.00 $38,430 $37,311 50% 32 Virginia State 1.00 $38,660 $37,353 49% 33 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro 1.00 $36,630 $37,188 56% 34 Massachusetts State 0.99 $40,050 $36,912 68% 35 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 0.99 $35,770 $36,800 53% 36 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 0.99 $34,110 $37,076 46% 37 Texas State 0.98 $35,010 $36,621 47% 38 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro 0.97 $37,410 $36,145 51% 39 Minnesota State 0.94 $34,440 $35,143 45% 40 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 0.94 $37,830 $35,093 57% 41 New Jersey State 0.92 $37,410 $34,384 58% 42 Michigan State 0.91 $31,270 $33,879 43% 43 California State 0.89 $36,740 $33,189 74% 44 North Dakota State 0.84 $29,100 $31,425 40% 45 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.84 $36,540 $31,365 74% 46 Idaho State 0.83 $30,000 $31,088 48% 47 Maryland State 0.78 $31,740 $29,066 63%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).