To see what your vote value is in Hive relative to dollar value that's on hivestats.io the Leo Finance site they put together for blockchain statistical data. I think it could also be viewed on hivetasks.io or .com I forget which, but that's another helpful tool as well.
I know the USA is indeed expensive as hell lol and only getting worse but I think it's great to be able to help other people out from other countries with stuff like this.