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Baltimore, MDNashville, TN

You'd keep $256 more a month in Nashville

+$3,072 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.

In 2022-2023, 155 households moved BaltimoreNashville (avg AGI $72,535). 74 went the other way. The whole move →

Monthly and annual budget comparison between Baltimore, MD and Nashville, TN
Per monthBaltimoreNashvilleDifference
Gross pay$8,250$7,550−$700
Income and payroll tax$2,389$1,540−$849
Take-home pay$5,861$6,010+$149
Rent$1,511$1,399−$112
Getting around$482$559+$77
Groceries$408$388−$20
Healthcare$459$437−$22
Utilities$255$243−$12
Everything else$357$340−$17
Left over$2,389$2,645+$256

To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn

$86,000

Household gross, versus $99,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Baltimore does now.

The tax difference alone

+$7,697

A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.

More about Nashville

Baltimore, MD in full

DC salaries within commuting distance, at Baltimore prices.

Nashville, TN in full

No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.

The reverse move

Same two cities, but starting from Nashville on Nashville wages.

NashvilleBaltimore

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.