Auburn vs Anniston leftover
You'd keep $366 more a month in Anniston
$2,065/mo leftover in Anniston vs $1,699 in Auburn after tax and rent ($366 more). +$4,392 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Auburn leftover
$1,699
a month after tax and rent
Anniston leftover
$2,065
+$366 vs Auburn
Compare Auburn to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Auburn.
Monthly gap
Auburn → Anniston
$366
more / month in Anniston
$2,065 in Anniston · $1,699 in Auburn · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
27 went the other way. The whole move →
+$366 / mo
| Per month | Auburn | Anniston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,417 | $6,214 | −$202 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,573 | $1,501 | −$72 |
| Take-home pay | $4,844 | $4,713 | −$130 |
| Rent | $1,224 | $692 | −$532 |
| Getting around | $557 | $591 | +$34 |
| Groceries | $376 | $376 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $423 | $423 | $0 |
| Utilities | $235 | $235 | $0 |
| Everything else | $329 | $329 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,699 | $2,065 | +$366 |
To break even in Anniston, you'd need to earn
$67,500
Household gross, versus $77,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Auburn does now.
The tax difference alone
+$146
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.5% in Auburn, 24.1% in Anniston.
More about Anniston
Auburn, AL in full
State income tax topping out at 5%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,457 and 222 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
Anniston, AL in full
State income tax topping out at 5%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $824 and 216 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Anniston on Anniston wages.
Anniston → Auburn →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Anniston than Auburn?
A one-bedroom is about $1,224 in Auburn versus $692 in Anniston. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $366 a month higher in Anniston. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Anniston have state income tax?
Anniston is in Alabama, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.00%.
What changes if you move from Auburn to Anniston?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Alabama 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 Auburn and Anniston 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.