(The Center Square) –The cost of living in the United States is well below the cost of living in several other developed countries, including the Nordic nations as well as New Zealand and Australia. Still, living expenses in the U.S. are higher than in much of the world.

According to a recent study from Doxo, a bill paying platform, American households spend an average of $2,003 a month on the most common bills – or about 37% of what the typical household earns in a month.

The average monthly cost of these bills – which include rent, auto loans, utilities, car insurance, cable, internet, mobile phone, and health insurance – are higher than average in Rhode Island. The typical Rhode Island household spends an average of $2,172 per month on bills, the 13th highest among the 50 states.

States with higher than average monthly bills also tend to have higher than average incomes, while less expensive states tend to be lower income – and Rhode Island is no exception. The typical household in the state earns $70,305 a year, compared to the national median household income of $64,994, according to five-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

Rank	State	Avg. monthly household bills ($)	Median household income ($)	Avg. bill total as a share of income (%)
1	Hawaii	2,911	83,173	42.0
2	California	2,649	78,672	40.4
3	New Jersey	2,610	85,245	36.7
4	Massachusetts	2,511	84,385	35.7
5	Maryland	2,456	87,063	33.9
6	Connecticut	2,380	79,855	35.8
7	New York	2,361	71,117	39.8
8	Alaska	2,334	77,790	36.0
9	Washington	2,277	77,006	35.5
10	New Hampshire	2,256	77,923	34.7
11	Colorado	2,251	75,231	35.9
12	Virginia	2,229	76,398	35.0
13	Rhode Island	2,172	70,305	37.1
14	Oregon	2,070	65,667	37.8
15	Delaware	2,057	69,110	35.7
16	Illinois	2,029	68,428	35.6
17	Wyoming	2,022	65,304	37.2
18	Florida	1,993	57,703	41.4
19	Minnesota	1,967	73,382	32.2
20	Texas	1,956	63,826	36.8
21	Nevada	1,945	62,043	37.6
22	North Dakota	1,937	65,315	35.6
23	Arizona	1,936	61,529	37.8
24	Maine	1,922	59,489	38.8
25	Wisconsin	1,915	63,293	36.3
26	Utah	1,910	74,197	30.9
27	Vermont	1,883	63,477	35.6
28	Georgia	1,875	61,224	36.8
29	Louisiana	1,871	50,800	44.2
30	Pennsylvania	1,851	63,627	34.9
31	North Carolina	1,829	56,642	38.7
32	Iowa	1,784	61,836	34.6
33	South Carolina	1,783	54,864	39.0
34	Idaho	1,777	58,915	36.2
35	Michigan	1,754	59,234	35.5
36	Montana	1,751	56,539	37.2
37	Tennessee	1,734	54,833	37.9
38	Kansas	1,720	61,091	33.8
39	Ohio	1,717	58,116	35.5
40	Missouri	1,706	57,290	35.7
41	Nebraska	1,696	63,015	32.3
42	Alabama	1,688	52,035	38.9
43	New Mexico	1,663	51,243	38.9
44	South Dakota	1,654	59,896	33.1
45	Oklahoma	1,634	53,840	36.4
46	Kentucky	1,627	52,238	37.4
47	Indiana	1,607	58,235	33.1
48	Mississippi	1,559	46,511	40.2
49	Arkansas	1,552	49,475	37.6
50	West Virginia	1,452	48,037	36.3