Business Insider looked at the monthly costs for households with two adults and two children from the Economic Policy Institute's " Family Budget Calculator ."
1 — or the most expensive among the metros analyzed by EPI — based on its monthly total cost of around $15,000.
With a monthly cost of over $3,000 for housing, based on the cost of a two-bedroom apartment, this was the largest monthly expense among the seven categories for this area.
Childcare was the largest monthly expense among the seven categories for Nassau-Suffolk, New York, for instance.
Below are the most expensive metros ranked based on the monthly total for two adults and two children according to EPI.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
California, San, Stamford, Norwalk , Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk , New York