6. Kansas
Cost of living index: 90.4
Average annual Wage: $64,850
Hourly wage: $31.17
Number of Employees: 770
If you don’t want to worry whether your salary will be enough to cover all of your living expenses, you should seriously consider moving to Kansas. It was the home to Dorothy and even though hers blew away in a twister–it returned again. I’m sure yours will be even more sturdy and you won’t need to take a sojourn in Oz to retrieve it.