See what you’d keep after you move
Pick your job and the city you’re considering. We take the typical local wage and subtract federal, payroll, state and local taxes, rent and everyday costs, using public government data.
Pay is the local median for the job (BLS). Leave the salary blank to use it, or enter your own.
Compare two places side by side, cities or whole states.
- Median salary
- $97,890
- Federal income tax
- −$12,706
- Payroll taxes
- −$7,489
- State income tax
- $0
- Rent, 1-bedroom
- −$19,608
- Everyday costs
- −$16,574
a year, or $3,459 a month
Wages: BLS. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents. Taxes: IRS, SSA, state and local schedules. Everyday costs: BLS spending data adjusted for local prices (BEA).
Browse by state
Taxes, typical wages and the cost of living for every state, with links to its cities.
- ALAlabama
- AKAlaska
- AZArizona
- ARArkansas
- CACalifornia
- COColorado
- CTConnecticut
- DEDelaware
- DCDistrict of Columbia
- FLFlorida
- GAGeorgia
- HIHawaii
- IDIdaho
- ILIllinois
- INIndiana
- IAIowa
- KSKansas
- KYKentucky
- LALouisiana
- MEMaine
- MDMaryland
- MAMassachusetts
- MIMichigan
- MNMinnesota
- MSMississippi
- MOMissouri
- MTMontana
- NENebraska
- NVNevada
- NHNew Hampshire
- NJNew Jersey
- NMNew Mexico
- NYNew York
- NCNorth Carolina
- NDNorth Dakota
- OHOhio
- OKOklahoma
- OROregon
- PAPennsylvania
- RIRhode Island
- SCSouth Carolina
- SDSouth Dakota
- TNTennessee
- TXTexas
- UTUtah
- VTVermont
- VAVirginia
- WAWashington
- WVWest Virginia
- WIWisconsin
- WYWyoming
Cities people are researching
What a typical worker keeps after taxes, a 1-bedroom rent and everyday costs.
- DallasTexasTypical worker keeps $8,1351-bedroom $1,452 a month
- Las VegasNevadaTypical worker keeps $4,0321-bedroom $1,536 a month
- San AntonioTexasTypical worker keeps $8,7231-bedroom $1,221 a month
- DenverColoradoTypical worker keeps $9,1461-bedroom $1,923 a month
- NashvilleTennesseeTypical worker keeps $5,2641-bedroom $1,744 a month
- SacramentoCaliforniaTypical worker keeps $6,1801-bedroom $1,790 a month
- PhoenixArizonaTypical worker keeps $7,3091-bedroom $1,474 a month
- AustinTexasTypical worker keeps $11,7571-bedroom $1,634 a month
Popular moves
Side-by-side costs, taxes and pay for the moves people search for most.
- Los Angeles to Las Vegas
- Los Angeles to Austin
- Houston to Dallas
- San Francisco to Austin
- Los Angeles to Phoenix
- San Diego to Phoenix
- San Francisco to Sacramento
- Boston to Raleigh
- Chicago to Indianapolis
- Chicago to Nashville
- Philadelphia to Charlotte
- Portland to Boise
- New York to Raleigh
- Minneapolis to Phoenix
- New York to Charlotte
- Denver to Phoenix
- Seattle to Boise
- Atlanta to Nashville
- New York to Tampa
- Washington to Richmond
- Compare any two places
How it works
Pick your job
Choose a common job to use its local median pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or enter your own salary.
Pick a city
Each of the 179 cities has its own wages, rents and tax rules, so the same job pays differently.
See what's left
Tax, rent and everyday costs come off the top. What remains is yours to save or spend.
Where the numbers come from
Every figure on CityTown is computed from public US government data. Each page names its sources.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Wages for about 830 jobs by state and metro (OEWS).
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Fair Market Rents by county and ZIP code.
- Census Bureau
- Population, income, commutes and household costs (American Community Survey).
- Federal Communications Commission
- Which internet providers serve each area, and at what speeds.
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Registration, safety and insurance records for interstate movers.