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Example household · $83,730 · same pay · 1 adult

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Move Score81

Brownsville, TX

$2,800after tax and rent

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On a $83,730 household paycheck in Brownsville.

  • 233 sunny days

Modelled metro

So you know: homicide deaths in Brownsville are under the US rate in this release, 2.8 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).

Move Score

81

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 81.4, 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

These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.

After tax and rent

$2,800

Home city

Not picked

Salary

$83,730

Same everywhere

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Paycheck to pocket
Monthly pay$6,978
Tax$1,333
Rent$979
Other bills$1,866
Left$2,800

Stats

Rent
$1,166
2 bd median
Take-home
$5,645
Per month
Tax
19%
Of pay
Prices
9% below
US, besides rent

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$2,800 / mo

Money left after tax and rent, by state.Brownsville
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Brownsville · this breakdown

The month

One earner. 1 bd.

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  • Taxes$1,333
  • Rent$979
  • Other$1,866
  • Left$2,800

Pay and tax, per year

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

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br
$979
Groceries
$363
Getting around
$551
Healthcare
$408
Utilities and internet
$227
Everything else
$317
Total spending
$2,845

After tax and rent

$2,800 left/mo

Working remotely

If the paycheck stays the same

One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $4,926 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $979.

Work from home
9.4% of workers
ACS 2024 1-year
Home internet
49.9% 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

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

1 more on the full list.

All federal jobs that pay relocation

The place

21 min commute. A car per adult.

Weather
Not shown for this metro.
Getting around
A car per adult
Average commute
21 minutes each way
Size
423k people
Buying instead
Median home $120,000. About $926/mo with 20% down.
Taxes
No state income tax. Sales tax 8.2%, property tax 1.62%.

Schools

Students
79,492
Pupils per teacher
14.6
Districts
9
  1. Brownsville ISD36,140 students
  2. Harlingen CISD16,471 students
  3. Los Fresnos CISD10,357 students
  4. San Benito CISD9,073 students
  5. La Feria ISD2,842 students

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

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Take-home by job in Brownsville

Pay and leftover for every job in Brownsville

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Questions

How is take-home pay in Brownsville calculated?

Brownsville is in Texas, 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 Brownsville?

About $979 for a one-bedroom and $1,166 for a two-bedroom in Brownsville, TX. Brownsville averages 233 sunny days, a July high of 94°F, and a 21-minute commute.

How do I compare Brownsville with another city?

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

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