Augusta vs Warner Robins leftover
You'd keep $434 more a month in Warner Robins
$2,507/mo leftover in Warner Robins vs $2,073 in Augusta after tax and rent ($434 more). +$5,208 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Augusta leftover
$2,073
a month after tax and rent
Warner Robins leftover
$2,507
+$434 vs Augusta
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Monthly gap
Augusta → Warner Robins
$434
more / month in Warner Robins
$2,507 in Warner Robins · $2,073 in Augusta · 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, 32 households moved Augusta → Warner Robins (avg AGI $66,781). The whole move →
+$434 / mo
| Per month | Augusta | Warner Robins | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,792 | $7,476 | +$685 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,615 | $1,854 | +$239 |
| Take-home pay | $5,176 | $5,622 | +$446 |
| Rent | $1,134 | $1,129 | −$5 |
| Getting around | $575 | $588 | +$13 |
| Groceries | $385 | $386 | +$1 |
| Healthcare | $433 | $434 | +$1 |
| Utilities | $241 | $241 | $0 |
| Everything else | $337 | $337 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,073 | $2,507 | +$434 |
To break even in Warner Robins, you'd need to earn
$81,500
Household gross, versus $81,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Augusta does now.
The tax difference alone
−$426
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.8% in Augusta, 24.8% in Warner Robins.
More about Warner Robins
Augusta, GA in full
A flat 5.19% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,350 and 218 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
Warner Robins, GA in full
A flat 5.19% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,344 and 219 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Warner Robins on Warner Robins wages.
Warner Robins → Augusta →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Warner Robins than Augusta?
A one-bedroom is about $1,134 in Augusta versus $1,129 in Warner Robins. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $434 a month higher in Warner Robins. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Warner Robins have state income tax?
Warner Robins is in Georgia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Augusta to Warner Robins?
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 Augusta and Warner Robins 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.