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El Paso County · Texas

El Paso cost of living (TX)

Price levels published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis for El Paso, TX, with the national average set to 100 — so 108 means things cost 8% more here than the US average.

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Quick answer

El Paso costs 10.1% below the national average — all-items price level 89.9, rank 89 of 94 covered metros. A $100,000 national-average salary needs to be $89,912 here. Housing is the reason, at 71.2.

All items
89.9US average = 100
Housing
71.228.8% below the national average
Goods
93.86.2% below the national average
Other services
96.23.8% below the national average

Price level by component

Where the difference actually comes from.

ComponentIndexvs USWhat it covers
Goods93.8-6.2%Groceries, fuel, clothing, durable purchases.
Housing71.2-28.8%Rents and imputed rents — the biggest single swing factor.
Utilities82.6-17.4%Electricity, gas, water and other household energy.
Other services96.2-3.8%Healthcare, dining, repairs, personal services.

What your salary is worth in El Paso, TX

Enter a salary. We deflate it by the local price level (89.9 where 100 is the US average) and show what you would need to earn here to match the same pay somewhere average.

Real value here
$62,659
Needed to match US average
$50,655
Monthly difference
$-474

What a local paycheck is really worth

Nominal pay is only half the story.

$56,338 median household income in El Paso is worth $62,659 in national-average dollars. BEA calls that real income: income × 100 ÷ 89.9.

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Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities

2024 BEA Regional Price Parities, published for El Paso, TX. Parities are metro-wide, so a single neighbourhood can sit well above or below these figures.