Milwaukee vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$2560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$6044
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$1641
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$3059
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$91.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$4880
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	68
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	577K	385K

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 20% less expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 1702nd and 718th ($2054 vs $2560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th and 664th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.9 months in Tampa. Ranked 55th vs 41st best cities to live in the United States, and 240th vs 174th among the best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Milwaukee vs Tampa infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/milwaukee/tampa.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Milwaukee vs Tampa infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/milwaukee/tampa" target="_blank">Milwaukee vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Milwaukee vs Tampa

Prices for goods and services in Milwaukee and Tampa are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Milwaukee	Tampa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$80.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$6.28
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$4.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$1745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$1342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$3421
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$2594
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$70.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$3843
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$2418
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$3.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$4.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$18.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$5.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$2.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$8.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$5.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$3.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$35.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$1387
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$14045

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378

Cities near Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2429
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2413
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2419
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2402
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2401
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2123
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2605
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2618
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2436
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2079
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2328
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2373
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2467
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2458
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2280
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2811
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2038
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2194
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2316
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2732
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2516
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2269
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2392
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1748
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2371
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2576
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2286
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2440
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2373
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1957
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2336
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2294
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2363
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2265