Bismarck vs San Angelo leftover
Moving to San Angelo costs you $835 a month
$2,500/mo leftover in San Angelo vs $3,335 in Bismarck after tax and rent ($835 less). −$10,020 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Bismarck leftover
$3,335
a month after tax and rent
San Angelo leftover
$2,500
−$835 vs Bismarck
Compare Bismarck to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Bismarck.
Monthly gap
Bismarck → San Angelo
$835
less / month in Bismarck
$2,500 in San Angelo · $3,335 in Bismarck · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
−$835 / mo
| Per month | Bismarck | San Angelo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,917 | $6,639 | −$1,278 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,700 | $1,270 | −$431 |
| Take-home pay | $6,216 | $5,369 | −$847 |
| Rent | $1,084 | $1,014 | −$70 |
| Getting around | $534 | $540 | +$6 |
| Groceries | $348 | $363 | +$15 |
| Healthcare | $392 | $408 | +$16 |
| Utilities | $218 | $227 | +$9 |
| Everything else | $305 | $317 | +$12 |
| Left over | $3,335 | $2,500 | −$835 |
To break even in San Angelo, you'd need to earn
$94,000
Household gross, versus $95,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Bismarck does now.
The tax difference alone
+$623
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about San Angelo
Bismarck, ND in full
State income tax topping out at 2.5%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,290 and 196 sunny days; commutes average 18 minutes.
San Angelo, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,207 and 261 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Angelo on San Angelo wages.
San Angelo → Bismarck →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in San Angelo than Bismarck?
A one-bedroom is about $1,084 in Bismarck versus $1,014 in San Angelo. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $835 a month lower in San Angelo. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does San Angelo have state income tax?
San Angelo is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Bismarck to San Angelo?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Texas 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 Bismarck and San Angelo 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.