Recently, GOBankingRates researched all 50 state capitals to determine the salary needed to live comfortably in each.

To assess which state capitals are the best, and the worst, to live in, GOBankingRates analyzed all 50 state capitals by a set of criteria including such details as crime rates, cost of living ...

State capitals vary wildly in affordability. There is a roughly $15,000 difference in the estimated annual cost of living between the most and least expensive state capitals.