Atlanta, GA → Nashville, TN
You'd keep $172 more a month in Nashville
+$2,064 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 939 households moved Atlanta → Nashville (avg AGI $106,105). 833 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Atlanta | Nashville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,875 | $7,563 | −$312 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,993 | $1,544 | −$449 |
| Take-home pay | $5,882 | $6,019 | +$137 |
| Rent | $1,399 | $1,399 | $0 |
| Getting around | $580 | $559 | −$21 |
| Groceries | $392 | $388 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $441 | $437 | −$4 |
| Utilities | $245 | $243 | −$2 |
| Everything else | $343 | $340 | −$3 |
| Left over | $2,482 | $2,654 | +$172 |
To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn
$88,000
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
+$4,282
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Nashville
Atlanta, GA in full
Big-city pay at mid-market housing costs, with a 31-minute average commute.
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Nashville on Nashville wages.
Nashville → Atlanta →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.