Austin, TX → Atlanta, GA
Moving to Atlanta costs you $681 a month
−$8,172 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 384 households moved Austin → Atlanta (avg AGI $111,878). 703 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Austin | Atlanta | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,125 | $7,891 | −$234 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,710 | $1,998 | +$288 |
| Take-home pay | $6,415 | $5,892 | −$522 |
| Rent | $1,226 | $1,399 | +$173 |
| Getting around | $566 | $580 | +$14 |
| Groceries | $400 | $392 | −$8 |
| Healthcare | $450 | $441 | −$9 |
| Utilities | $250 | $245 | −$5 |
| Everything else | $350 | $343 | −$7 |
| Left over | $3,173 | $2,492 | −$681 |
To break even in Atlanta, you'd need to earn
$107,000
Household gross, versus $97,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Austin does now.
The tax difference alone
−$4,292
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 21.0% in Austin, 25.3% in Atlanta.
More about Atlanta
Austin, TX in full
No income tax, but property taxes are among the steepest anywhere.
Atlanta, GA in full
Big-city pay at mid-market housing costs, with a 31-minute average commute.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Atlanta on Atlanta wages.
Atlanta → Austin →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.