Fort Smith, AR
The rest of the month in Fort Smith
$2,626 in modelled household costs, against $5,054 take-home. Leftover is $2,428.
Where the money goes
- Taxes$1,473
- Rent$764
- Other living costs$1,862
- Left over$2,428
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,331
- Federal income tax
- −$8,847
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,992
- State income tax (AR)
- −$2,842
- Take-home pay
- $60,650
- Effective tax rate
- 22.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $764
- Groceries
- $358
- Getting around
- $563
- Healthcare
- $403
- Utilities and internet
- $224
- Everything else
- $314
- Total spending
- $2,626
Left over each month
$6,528 gross, minus $1,473 in tax and $2,626 in living costs.
$2,428
Power bill, separately
EIA 2024 residential electricity in AR averages a $111 monthly bill at 900 kWh. The utilities line above already includes power, gas and water as a household bundle — this is the state rate as a cross-check, not an extra cost.
Non-housing lines start from BLS-order-of-magnitude national spending, then scale by this metro's cost index and your household size. Electricity rates are EIA state averages. Not a budget, not advice.