21. They may also be tied to a cost-of-living index that varies by geographic location if the employee moves. 22. In the 2010 ACCRA Cost of Living Index , Knoxville was rated 89.6 ( the national average was 100 ). 23. The cost-of-living index was 41 in June 1922 and 685 in December, a 15-fold increase. 24. The commission, chaired by Stanford University economist Michael Boskin, called for a new cost of living index to replace the CPI. 25. In 2008 cost of living index in Muleshoe was 73.3 as compared to the U . S . average of 100. 26. Greenspan also called on Congress to create an independent commission to recommend how to construct a more accurate cost-of-living index . 27. The group's quarterly cost-of-living index , released Thursday, concludes that life in Los Angeles is a bargain. 28. It would meet each year unless, and until, the BLS could create a real, more accurate cost-of-living index . 29. It also retains the current cost of living index of a 1 cent wage increase for every . 26 increase of the Consumer Price Index. 30. Treasury officials blamed a high monthly cost of living index -- 1.4 percent in October-- on the cost of tomatoes.