Moving to Bremerton: $1,986/mo after tax and rent

On a $83,730 household paycheck in Bremerton.

Modelled metro

So you know: homicide deaths in Bremerton are under the US rate in this release, 2.4 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).

Move Score

Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.

The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 67.7, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted

Example household

Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom

Salary, before tax

$83,730 in every city.

Pay between cities

Job

Adults

Kids

Housing

Bedrooms · 1 bedroom

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After tax and rent

$1,986

Home city

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Salary

$83,730

Same everywhere

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Stats

Rent: $1,900; 2 bd median
Take-home: $5,645; Per month
Tax: 19%; Of pay
Prices: 7% above; US, besides rent

$1,986 / mo

LowerHigher

Bremerton · this breakdown

The month

One earner. 1 bd.

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Taxes$1,333
Rent$1,596
Other$2,063
Left$1,986

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $83,730
Federal income tax: −$9,591
Social Security and Medicare: −$6,405
State income tax (WA): None
Take-home pay: $67,734
Effective tax rate: 19.1%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $1,596
Groceries: $430
Getting around: $505
Healthcare: $483
Utilities and internet: $269
Everything else: $376
Total spending: $3,659

After tax and rent

$1,986 left/mo

Working remotely

If the paycheck stays the same

One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $4,112 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,596.

Work from home: 17.6% of workers; ACS 2024 1-year
Home internet: 83.7% of households; Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
Paid to move, remote job: No open remote grant on this metro

Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2024 1-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.

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USAJOBS

Federal jobs that pay relocation here

5 open postings marked relocation-eligible. Fetched October 10, 2026.

Child and Youth Program Training and Curriculum Specialist
CNRNW Naval Station Everett N96 (Commander, Navy Installations Command) · $83,900–$89,532 a year
Everett, WA · Closes November 9, 2026
FIREFIGHTER
Commander, Navy Installations Command · $40,736–$73,731 a year
Bangor, WA · Bremerton, WA · Everett, WA · +2 more · Closes December 3, 2026
INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) (U.S. Pacific Fleet) · $45,785–$73,731 a year
Bremerton, WA · Closes February 8, 2027
CONTRACT SPECIALIST
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) (U.S. Pacific Fleet) · $56,715–$130,786 a year
Bangor, WA · Bremerton, WA · Everett, WA · Closes February 25, 2027
SHIPBUILDING SPECIALIST
U.S. Pacific Fleet · $83,935–$130,786 a year
Bremerton, WA · Everett, WA · Closes March 3, 2027

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The place

30 min commute. One car.

Weather: Not shown for this metro.
Getting around: One car
Average commute: 30 minutes each way
Size: 277k people
Buying instead: Median home $505,700. About $3,558/mo with 20% down.
Taxes: No state income tax. Sales tax 9.4%, property tax 0.80%.

Schools

Students: 34,233
Pupils per teacher: 17.3
Districts: 7

Central Kitsap School District11,100 students
South Kitsap School District9,326 students
North Kitsap School District5,330 students
Bremerton School District4,383 students
Bainbridge Island School District3,514 students

NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 5.

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Questions

How is take-home pay in Bremerton calculated?

Bremerton is in Washington, which has no state income tax. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax and payroll tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.

What does rent cost in Bremerton?

About $1,596 for a one-bedroom and $1,900 for a two-bedroom in Bremerton, WA. Bremerton averages 154 sunny days, a July high of 78°F, and a 30-minute commute.

How do I compare Bremerton with another city?

Put Bremerton next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.

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