Beckley vs Wheeling leftover
You'd keep $9 more a month in Wheeling
$2,185/mo leftover in Wheeling vs $2,176 in Beckley after tax and rent ($9 more). +$108 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Beckley leftover
$2,176
a month after tax and rent
Wheeling leftover
$2,185
+$9 vs Beckley
Compare Beckley to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Beckley.
Monthly gap
Beckley → Wheeling
$9
more / month in Wheeling
$2,185 in Wheeling · $2,176 in Beckley · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$9 / mo
| Per month | Beckley | Wheeling | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,542 | $6,316 | −$226 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,486 | $1,408 | −$78 |
| Take-home pay | $5,055 | $4,907 | −$148 |
| Rent | $853 | $693 | −$160 |
| Getting around | $611 | $613 | +$2 |
| Groceries | $390 | $390 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $439 | $439 | $0 |
| Utilities | $244 | $244 | $0 |
| Everything else | $342 | $342 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,176 | $2,185 | +$9 |
To break even in Wheeling, you'd need to earn
$75,500
Household gross, versus $78,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Beckley does now.
The tax difference alone
+$131
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 22.7% in Beckley, 22.3% in Wheeling.
More about Wheeling
Beckley, WV in full
State income tax topping out at 4.82%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,015 and 190 sunny days; commutes average 26 minutes.
Wheeling, WV in full
State income tax topping out at 4.82%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $825 and 177 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Wheeling on Wheeling wages.
Wheeling → Beckley →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Wheeling than Beckley?
A one-bedroom is about $853 in Beckley versus $693 in Wheeling. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $9 a month higher in Wheeling. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Wheeling have state income tax?
Wheeling is in West Virginia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Beckley to Wheeling?
Take-home pay is recalculated under West Virginia tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Beckley and Wheeling moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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.