Atlanta vs Brunswick leftover
Moving to Brunswick costs you $493 a month
$1,989/mo leftover in Brunswick vs $2,482 in Atlanta after tax and rent ($493 less). −$5,916 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Atlanta leftover
$2,482
a month after tax and rent
Brunswick leftover
$1,989
−$493 vs Atlanta
Compare Atlanta to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Atlanta.
Monthly gap
Atlanta → Brunswick
$493
less / month in Atlanta
$1,989 in Brunswick · $2,482 in Atlanta · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 215 households moved Atlanta → Brunswick (avg AGI $141,726). 153 went the other way. The whole move →
−$493 / mo
| Per month | Atlanta | Brunswick | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,875 | $6,799 | −$1,076 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,993 | $1,618 | −$375 |
| Take-home pay | $5,882 | $5,181 | −$701 |
| Rent | $1,399 | $1,208 | −$191 |
| Getting around | $580 | $586 | +$6 |
| Groceries | $392 | $386 | −$6 |
| Healthcare | $441 | $434 | −$7 |
| Utilities | $245 | $241 | −$4 |
| Everything else | $343 | $337 | −$6 |
| Left over | $2,482 | $1,989 | −$493 |
To break even in Brunswick, you'd need to earn
$90,500
Household gross, versus $94,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Atlanta does now.
The tax difference alone
+$670
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.3% in Atlanta, 23.8% in Brunswick.
More about Brunswick
Atlanta, GA in full
Big-city pay at mid-market housing costs, with a 31-minute average commute.
Brunswick, GA in full
A flat 5.19% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,438 and 230 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Brunswick on Brunswick wages.
Brunswick → Atlanta →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Brunswick than Atlanta?
A one-bedroom is about $1,399 in Atlanta versus $1,208 in Brunswick. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $493 a month lower in Brunswick. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Brunswick have state income tax?
Brunswick is in Georgia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Atlanta to Brunswick?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Georgia tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Atlanta and Brunswick moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.