Competitive Alternatives

Competitive Alternatives – Highlights

KPMG's Guide to International Business Location Costs


Results by Region and City – Pacific US/Canada

The International Report features results for 113 individual cities in 14 countries. Overall results for each of the cities in the Pacific US/Canada region are as follows (US index = 100.0).

Location Country Index¹ Rank²
  Anchorage, AKUnited States105.314
  Boise, IDUnited States97.03
  Honolulu, HIUnited States108.415
  Las Vegas, NVUnited States98.77
  Los Angeles, CAUnited States100.911
  Portland, ORUnited States99.38
  Prince George, BCCanada96.62
  Riverside-San Bernardino, CAUnited States98.66
  Sacramento, CAUnited States100.09
  Salem, ORUnited States98.15
  San Diego, CAUnited States100.610
  San Francisco, CAUnited States104.513
  Seattle, WAUnited States101.512
  Spokane, WAUnited States98.14
  Vancouver, BCCanada96.51
1   Business costs are expressed as an index, with the United States being assigned the baseline index of 100.0. A cost index less than 100 indicates lower costs than the US. A cost index greater than 100 indicates higher costs than the US. For example, an index number of 95.0 represents a 5.0% cost advantage relative to the United States.
2 The 103 cities in mature countries are grouped by region and ranked within their region (with 1 representing the lowest cost city in each region).

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