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Frequently Asked Questions
1. Who can use MyCityMatch?
MyCityMatch was designed to help anyone planning or expecting a move to a new city. It is particularly useful for "applicants", whether you are applying to college, graduate school, post graduate training programs, or a full-time job, MyCityMatch helps you find what cities will be the best fit for you in the "City Match" tab and how your budget will change between cities in the "Budget by City" tab.
2. How does it work?
Using the MyCityMatch rating system helps you determine how multiple cities stack up against each other in terms of your personal preferences and your finances. Your "preferences" might include things like proximity to family, distance to your favorite restaurant, commute time to work/school, etc... The rating system is completely customizable to what is important to you. MyCityMatch also lets you to integrate the preferences of your spouse or significant other.
3. How complicated is this to use?
Incredibly easy to use. Give it a try and calculate your city match and budget by city
4. What inspired MyCityMatch?
6. How do I fill out the salary calculator?
Salary calculator sample responses
Married family of 5 with two working parents
Single person
Married family of 4 with one working parent
State:
Check date:
Gross Pay:
Gross Pay Method:
Gross pay YTD:
Pay Frequency:
Use 2020 W4:
Federal Filing Status:
Step 2: Two Jobs:
Step3: Dependents Amount:
Step 4a: Other Income
Step 4b: Deductions:
Additional Federal Withholding:
Round Federal Withholding:
Exempt from Federal:
Exempt from FICA:
Exempt from Medicare:
Exempt from State Tax:
Additional State Withholding:
Additional state payroll tax
State Filing Status
Voluntary Deductions section
Select state from drop down list
Assuming you are estimating future takehome pay, this date does not matter at this point, leave this box as is, if it is empty then select today's date
Enter your expected or estimated annual salary + the expected or estimated annual salary of your spouse or significant other
Select "Annually" from drop down list
Enter $0
We highly recommend selecting "Monthly" from the drop down list. Many employers pay on a bi-weekly schedule, however most bills are paid monthly. For easy budgeting it is best to look at both your pay and bills on a monthly basis
Check this box
Select filing status from drop down list (single, married, etc...)
Only check this box if you and your spouse/significant other each have a job, or if you anticipate having two jobs
Multiply your number of qualifying dependent children under age 17 by $2000, multiply any other non child dependents by $500 and add these two amounts together. Enter this number here. (To qualify as a dependent a person must receive at least half of their yearly financial support from you)
Enter amount of any other income you receive for which you expect a tax bill but for which the government does not perform any withholdings (this includes things like interest, dividends, and retirement income)
Leave as $0 unless you expect to take deductions other than the standard deduction (uncommon)
Leave as $0
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Leave at $0
This portion of the form changes with each state based on state specific payroll tax, we suggest leaving all boxes already checked or unchecked as is.
Select filing status from drop down list (single, married, etc...), this should match your federal filing status from above
Leave this section as is unless you have known deductions you want to add (uncommon)
Gross Pay:
Federal Witholding:
Social Security:
Medicare:
State Withholding
Sum of Additional State Payroll taxes (ex. SDI, SUI, FLI):
Net (Monthly) Pay:
California
Today's date
$60,000
Annually
$0
Monthly
Single
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Leave this section as is
Single
Leave this section as is
$5,000.00
$521.83
$310.00
$72.50
$216.06
$50.00
$3,829.61
Florida
Today's date
$60,000
Annually
$0
Monthly
Married
$4000
$0
$0
$0
$0
Leave this section as is
Married
Leave this section as is
$5,000.00
$0.00
$310.00
$72.50
$0.00
$0.00
$4,617.50
New York
Today's date
$120,000
Annually
$0
Monthly
Married
$6000
$0
$0
$0
$0
Leave this section as is
Married
Leave this section as is
$10,000.00
$1,158.63
$620.00
$145.00
$570.44
$29.60
$7,476.33
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