#19 of 66 for you
San Antonio, TX
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
Left over monthly
$2,832
Versus Chicago
+$452/mo
+$5,424 a year
Local pay for your job
$87,243
Local wages run -7% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,457
- Rent$1,052
- Other living costs$1,929
- Left over$2,832
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $87,243
- Federal income tax
- −$10,807
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,674
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $69,761
- Effective tax rate
- 20.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,052
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,981
Left over each month
$7,270 gross, minus $1,457 in tax and $2,981 in living costs.
$2,832
What living here is like
- Weather
- 220 sunny days, 95°F in July, 40°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 27 minutes each way
- Size
- 2.6M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $258,700 — roughly $1,948/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- No state income tax. Sales tax 8.2%, property tax 1.87%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 75
- Sun and mild weather
- 67
- Access to the outdoors
- 54
- City life and culture
- 64
- A short commute
- 55
Chicago vs San Antonio, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
Open the comparison →Also worth a look
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No income tax, but property taxes are among the steepest anywhere.
- Houston, TX$3,159/mo
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
- Dallas, TX$3,044/mo
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.