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Cost & Benefits

San Francisco vs Sunnyvale

Simple answer

You'd likely save $563 a month in San Francisco.

Typical rent is $3,039 in Sunnyvale and $2,476 in San Francisco. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

San Francisco

California

Typical rent
$2,476
Typical pay
$140,970 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
Not matched
Price index
110.7 (state)

Sunnyvale

California

Typical rent
$3,039
Typical pay
$186,170 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$3,272
Price index
110.4 (metro)

Benefits after a move

San Francisco and Sunnyvale are in the same state, so the benefit rules do not change when you move between them.