#20 of 66 for you
Reno, NV
No income tax and Tahoe in 45 minutes; home prices have caught on.
Left over monthly
$2,313
Versus Chicago
−$67/mo
−$804 a year
Local pay for your job
$88,181
Local wages run -6% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,480
- Rent$1,539
- Other living costs$2,016
- Left over$2,313
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $88,181
- Federal income tax
- −$11,014
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,746
- State income tax (NV)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $70,421
- Effective tax rate
- 20.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,539
- Groceries
- $400
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $450
- Utilities and internet
- $250
- Everything else
- $350
- Total spending
- $3,555
Left over each month
$7,348 gross, minus $1,480 in tax and $3,555 in living costs.
$2,313
What living here is like
- Weather
- 252 sunny days, 92°F in July, 24°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 22 minutes each way
- Size
- 500k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $474,000 — roughly $3,049/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- No state income tax. Sales tax 8.2%, property tax 0.55%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 52
- Sun and mild weather
- 81
- Access to the outdoors
- 90
- City life and culture
- 56
- A short commute
- 80
Chicago vs Reno, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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