Austin, TX → St. Louis, MO
Moving to St. Louis costs you $521 a month
−$6,252 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 130 households moved Austin → St. Louis (avg AGI $87,269). 238 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Austin | St. Louis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,125 | $7,578 | −$547 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,710 | $1,903 | +$193 |
| Take-home pay | $6,415 | $5,675 | −$739 |
| Rent | $1,226 | $1,144 | −$82 |
| Getting around | $566 | $545 | −$21 |
| Groceries | $400 | $368 | −$32 |
| Healthcare | $450 | $414 | −$36 |
| Utilities | $250 | $230 | −$20 |
| Everything else | $350 | $322 | −$28 |
| Left over | $3,173 | $2,652 | −$521 |
To break even in St. Louis, you'd need to earn
$100,500
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
−$4,257
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 21.0% in Austin, 25.1% in St. Louis.
More about St. Louis
Austin, TX in full
No income tax, but property taxes are among the steepest anywhere.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from St. Louis on St. Louis wages.
St. Louis → 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.