What is the Average Cost of living in San Jose per month/year?

San Jose is a pretty expensive city for multiple reasons. Housing is much more expensive. The median listing price is $505,443 and the median sales price is $404,000. The cost of utilities such as electricity, gas and telephone is 20% higher. Items like clothing, restaurants, entertainment and repairs, transportation costs and health expenses are all about 15% to 20% over the average while food prices are considerably higher.