Irma Rennie

Cost Of Living Increase 2024 Bay Area. The cost of living in the bay area ended 2021 on a brutal note by rising at its fastest pace of the year in a surge that chewed up consumers’ pocketbooks on multiple fronts. The san francisco bay area’s cost of living is still the highest in the country, but.

Consumer prices in the bay area rose at a moderate pace in december, but the cost of electricity provided by utilities such as pg&e soared. Housing prices in the bay area are twice the national.