Austin, TX → Denver, CO
Moving to Denver costs you $522 a month
−$6,264 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,207 households moved Austin → Denver (avg AGI $112,653). 829 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Austin | Denver | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,125 | $8,281 | +$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,710 | $2,067 | +$357 |
| Take-home pay | $6,415 | $6,214 | −$201 |
| Rent | $1,226 | $1,490 | +$264 |
| Getting around | $566 | $551 | −$15 |
| Groceries | $400 | $420 | +$20 |
| Healthcare | $450 | $473 | +$23 |
| Utilities | $250 | $263 | +$13 |
| Everything else | $350 | $368 | +$18 |
| Left over | $3,173 | $2,651 | −$522 |
To break even in Denver, you'd need to earn
$109,000
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
−$3,730
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 21.0% in Austin, 25.0% in Denver.
More about Denver
Austin, TX in full
No income tax, but property taxes are among the steepest anywhere.
Denver, CO in full
Mountains in an hour, 245 sunny days, and a flat 4.4% state tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Denver on Denver wages.
Denver → 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.