QUESTION: Why is data missing for some of my locations in the Comparison List - COL?
The Comparison List - COL is designed to provide COL differences by annual costs, percentages, or percent differentials using ERI’s benchmark assumptions for rental housing, family size, and automobile data. When a very high cost location (e.g., New York–Manhattan) is used as the Base Location, many modestly priced locations have a COL difference of more than 100% below the high cost location using the ERI benchmark assumptions. If any earnings level (e.g., 33,946, 40,000, 60,000, 80,000, or 100,000) is 100% or more below the Base Location, then data may not be displayed.
To obtain data for locations missing data, the user may either:
•Go to the Two City Comparison tab and enter the Earnings level for the comparison cities; or
•Use the Modify Salary Levels dialog to increase the income levels.
