TLDR: Canada (Toronto in this ex) has much lower salaries, higher taxes, worse weather, but lower one bdrm rents. According to goog, Boston is comparable to To

TLDR: Canada (Toronto in this ex) has much lower salaries, higher taxes, worse weather, but lower one bdrm rents. According to goog, Boston is comparable to Toronto so... Soft dev average salary in: . Toronto: 60k USD (77 CAD) [0] . Boston: 106 USD [1] [0] https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/toronto-software-developer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,7_IM976_KO8,26.htm https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/toronto-software-developer... [1] https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/boston-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,6_IM109_KO7,24.htm https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/boston-software-engineer-s... Post tax income: . Toronto: 42.5k USD (54.7k CAD) [0.1] . Mass: 70.4k [1.1] [0.1] https://ca.talent.com/tax-calculator/Ontario-77000 https://ca.talent.com/tax-calculator/Ontario-77000 [1.1] https://smartasset.com/taxes/massachusetts-tax-calculator#ert23TYiUK https://smartasset.com/taxes/massachusetts-tax-calculator#er... Median rent for studio: . Toronto: 2k CAD/month [2] . Boston: 2.5k USD/month [3] [2] https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/toronto-on https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/toronto-on [3] https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/boston-ma https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/boston-ma