Austin, TX → Portland, OR
Moving to Portland costs you $847 a month
−$10,164 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 476 households moved Austin → Portland (avg AGI $110,819). 543 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Austin | Portland | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,125 | $8,203 | +$78 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,710 | $2,406 | +$696 |
| Take-home pay | $6,415 | $5,797 | −$618 |
| Rent | $1,226 | $1,417 | +$191 |
| Getting around | $566 | $517 | −$49 |
| Groceries | $400 | $424 | +$24 |
| Healthcare | $450 | $477 | +$27 |
| Utilities | $250 | $265 | +$15 |
| Everything else | $350 | $371 | +$21 |
| Left over | $3,173 | $2,326 | −$847 |
To break even in Portland, you'd need to earn
$115,000
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
−$8,072
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 21.0% in Austin, 29.3% in Portland.
More about Portland
Austin, TX in full
No income tax, but property taxes are among the steepest anywhere.
Portland, OR in full
No sales tax, high income tax, and nine months of grey.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Portland on Portland wages.
Portland → 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.