Moving to Reading: $2,177/mo after tax and rent

On a $83,730 household paycheck in Reading.

Modelled metro

So you know: homicide deaths in Reading are under the US rate in this release, 4.3 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 65.4, 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

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After tax and rent

$2,177

Home city

Not picked

Salary

$83,730

Same everywhere

Stats

Rent: $1,389; 2 bd median
Take-home: $5,361; Per month
Tax: 23%; Of pay
Prices: At US; Besides rent

$2,177 / mo

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Reading · this breakdown

The month

One earner. 1 bd.

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Taxes$1,617
Rent$1,167
Other$2,017
Left$2,177

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $83,730
Federal income tax: −$9,591
Social Security and Medicare: −$6,405
State income tax (PA): −$2,571
City / county wage tax: −$837
Take-home pay: $64,326
Effective tax rate: 23.2%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $1,167
Groceries: $401
Getting around: $563
Healthcare: $451
Utilities and internet: $251
Everything else: $351
Total spending: $3,184

After tax and rent

$2,177 left/mo

Working remotely

If the paycheck stays the same

One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $4,180 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,167.

Work from home: 9.9% of workers; ACS 2024 1-year
Home internet: 73.8% 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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The place

25 min commute. A car per adult.

Weather: Not shown for this metro.
Getting around: A car per adult
Average commute: 25 minutes each way
Size: 430k people
Buying instead: Median home $239,700. About $1,880/mo with 20% down.
Taxes: Pennsylvania income tax is a flat 3.07%, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. Sales tax 6.3%, property tax 1.77%.

Schools

Students: 65,401
Pupils per teacher: 13.4
Districts: 18

Reading SD16,664 students
Wilson SD6,575 students
Boyertown Area SD6,375 students
Muhlenberg SD4,424 students
Governor Mifflin SD4,158 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 Reading calculated?

Reading is in Pennsylvania, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.00%. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.

What does rent cost in Reading?

About $1,167 for a one-bedroom and $1,389 for a two-bedroom in Reading, PA. Reading averages 195 sunny days, a July high of 87°F, and a 25-minute commute.

How do I compare Reading with another city?

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

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$2,177after tax and rent

Example household

Top things to do in Reading

Reading Public Museum

Bangor Episcopal Church

Ironstone Bridge

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