Milwaukee vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$2695
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	82	98
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	577K	1.97M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 11% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1702nd and 2270th ($2054 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th and 1st in the United States and Austria, respectively. Check the United States vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 240th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Milwaukee vs Vienna

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

	Milwaukee	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$18199

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987